A national memorial to fallen educators is adding the name of Jason Hughes, a teacher from Gainesville, alongside colleagues from several other states.
A recent rededication ceremony highlighted their sacrifices and previewed additional names that will be engraved as fundraising completes new granite tablets at the National Teachers Hall of Fame site, according to KVOE-TV in Emporia, Kansas.
Hughes, a North Hall High School teacher, was killed last year during a Halloween prank by some of the school’s students outside his home.
The rededication draws attention to the four educators honored Saturday and others who will be added to the memorial over the next year, following a successful fundraising campaign to install and engrave two granite tablets at the memorial with three other tablets now full.
The latter will include the names of two other Georgia teachers, Richard Aspinwall and Cristina Irimie who were killed in the Apalachee High School shooting.
The hall of fame is on the campus of Emporia State University.
More information about the National Memorial to Fallen Educators is available online at nthf.org.