Posted 2:51 pm Tuesday, October 14, 2008
UPDATE: Brownsboro Principal Remembers Cummings Boys
From staff reports
Aaron and Nicholas Cummings were remembered today by their principal at Brownsboro High School as “two awesome kids.”
Aaron and Nicholas Cummings were remembered today by their principal at Brownsboro High School as “two awesome kids.”
Principal Kenneth Wooten said the boys, who died in a Monday morning auto crash while on their way to school, were well-behaved and a positive part of the Brownsboro High School community.
Aaron, 16, was a junior who was a member of the National Honor Society. He played football as a freshman and sophomore, but took time off from playing this year due to accepting a job, said Head Football Coach John Settle.
Nicholas, 14, was a freshman who was “just getting started in our freshman football program, and doing a good job,” Settle said.
Brownsboro ISD Assistant Superintendent Vicki York said the entire district is reeling from the crash early Monday that claimed the two teens’ lives.
“The mood around here is pretty somber. We have had some counselors come in from other campuses along with some pastors to help the kids. We are trying to keep a regular schedule, but we want to first take care of our students and help them and our faculty through this difficult process,” she said.
According to an initial accident report by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the two brothers were traveling in a pickup along Farm-to-Market Road 314, about one mile south of Brownsboro.
Near the intersection of FM 314 and County Road 3418 a driver, believed to be the elder teen, lost control of the vehicle which veered into a ditch and caught fire trapping the boys inside.
York said because of the time of the accident and the first reports from the scene there were rumors that helped fuel the emotions at the high school Monday.
“We had heard there was another person in the vehicle and the speculation was it was a female and that it could have been the boy’s mother or one of their girlfriends. This uncertainty only made things more difficult,” she said.
York said as soon as they knew what happened they began informing teachers of the facts of the accident so they could in turn tell the students.
In February, Brownsboro ISD suffered the loss of 12-year-old student Kalee Elizabeth Morgan and her father Shane Lawrence Morgan a Berryville Baptist preacher. The father and daughter were killed in vehicle crash that injured the girl's mother, a fourth grade teacher at Brownsboro Intermediate School.
“It is unfortunate that we have experience in these matters, but we do. We had a meeting yesterday and discussed the best way to handle it and we began to pass information as we received it. The main thing was getting the right information to our students,” she said.
York said both teens were excellent students and athletes and would be missed.
The Brownsboro ISD Booster Club has started a trust fund in the brothers’ names at the Brownsboro First State Bank.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 at 6:26 p.m. CDT
Nicholas, 14, was a freshman who was “just getting started in our freshman football program, and doing a good job,” Settle said.
Brownsboro ISD Assistant Superintendent Vicki York said the entire district is reeling from the crash early Monday that claimed the two teens’ lives.
“The mood around here is pretty somber. We have had some counselors come in from other campuses along with some pastors to help the kids. We are trying to keep a regular schedule, but we want to first take care of our students and help them and our faculty through this difficult process,” she said.
According to an initial accident report by the Texas Department of Public Safety, the two brothers were traveling in a pickup along Farm-to-Market Road 314, about one mile south of Brownsboro.
Near the intersection of FM 314 and County Road 3418 a driver, believed to be the elder teen, lost control of the vehicle which veered into a ditch and caught fire trapping the boys inside.
York said because of the time of the accident and the first reports from the scene there were rumors that helped fuel the emotions at the high school Monday.
“We had heard there was another person in the vehicle and the speculation was it was a female and that it could have been the boy’s mother or one of their girlfriends. This uncertainty only made things more difficult,” she said.
York said as soon as they knew what happened they began informing teachers of the facts of the accident so they could in turn tell the students.
In February, Brownsboro ISD suffered the loss of 12-year-old student Kalee Elizabeth Morgan and her father Shane Lawrence Morgan a Berryville Baptist preacher. The father and daughter were killed in vehicle crash that injured the girl's mother, a fourth grade teacher at Brownsboro Intermediate School.
“It is unfortunate that we have experience in these matters, but we do. We had a meeting yesterday and discussed the best way to handle it and we began to pass information as we received it. The main thing was getting the right information to our students,” she said.
York said both teens were excellent students and athletes and would be missed.
The Brownsboro ISD Booster Club has started a trust fund in the brothers’ names at the Brownsboro First State Bank.
Updated Tuesday, Oct. 14, 2008 at 6:26 p.m. CDT
