Orange and Blue Day: KC community rocks Olathe East colors to show support after shooting
Students and school staff all across the metro showed support for Olathe East on Wednesday by sporting their orange and blue.
The Olathe Public School District asked the community to wear East’s school colors to show some love for the students and staff affected by last week’s school shooting that left three people injured, and a student charged with attempted capital murder.
“I truly believe the best thing we can do right now as a community is rally around our students and staff,” Superintendent Dr. Brent Yeager said in a statement.
The community’s widespread participation in and response to Orange and Blue Day is all over social media with the hashtag #OneOlatheFamily.
Family members, Olathe East alumni, students and teachers in districts beyond Olathe and even the KC Current soccer team tapped in to show their support.
You can see more signs of support by searching for the hashtag #OneOlatheFamily on social media.
This story was originally published March 9, 2022 at 5:32 PM.