Local students at Meade County High School got a lesson of reality during a Ghost Out event,as the school partnered with law enforcement and the Kentucky Office of Highway Safety from a The Grim Reaper made an appearance at Meade County High School on Friday, selecting 12 victims to “die” in an automobile accident caused by impaired driving.
The Reaper started the day by selecting six victims in the first hour of classes, then another six in the second hour. After being selected by the Reaper, students were taken to a private room where they were instructed to give up their cell phones, give up their iPods and to have absolutely no contact with anyone outside of those four walls. The students last instruction was one that hit home: to write their own obituaries.
In addition to the Reaper pulling students out of class, the Ghost Out consisted of an assembly with a guest speaker. David Taylor spoke to students, sharing his family’s story of what it was like to go through not one, but two funerals for both of their children, just days apart. Taylor shared the importance of not driving impaired, asking students instead to ask their parents for help.
A mock funeral and memorial was held for each of the 12 victims during the Ghost Out. A casket, with a mirror where the head would lay, was taken around the gymnasium. Each of the 12 victims held a candle as they followed behind the casket as it made its way to the front of the gym. A local pastor started reading the obituaries the students had written for themselves behind the victims.
Kentucky State Police, along with Meade County Sheriff Deputies and Brandenburg City Police escorted the Reaper around campus. Each time a student was pulled from class, the words from the officers were always the same, “Your classmate has been pulled from class because of a decision they made. A decision to drive impaired. They are no longer with us.”
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