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BULLARD\u2013 The Bullard Independent School District is in mourning after a high school student died in a motor vehicle crash on Wednesday.<\/p>\n BULLARD\u2013 The Bullard Independent School District is in mourning after a high school student died in a motor vehicle crash on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
Madison Nelson, a 9th grader, passed away in the crash, according to a statement released by the district. She represented the 2024 freshman class as a homecoming duchess in this past fall semester.<\/p>\n
Dr. Jack Lee, Bullard ISD Superintendent released a statement, saying, \u201cI am deeply saddened to inform you that Madison Nelson, a 9th-grade student at Bullard High School, passed away on Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2025, in a motor vehicle accident. Madi was a shining star who consistently excelled in the classroom. She was regularly looked up to by other students and represented the Freshman Class as one of our homecoming duchesses earlier this fall semester. Please keep Madi\u2019s family, friends, and teachers in your thoughts and prayers.\u201d
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According to a report by KETK, the district said they\u2019ll have counselors available starting on Jan. 7 and that it\u2019s important for students to express their feelings to someone they can trust after this tragic loss.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe want every student to receive the support and assistance he or she needs to cope with this tragedy. Please do not hesitate to seek our support. Together, we will help and care for one another as we move through this difficult time,\u201d said Lee. \u201cThe loss of any young person is a tremendous tragedy. As a school district, we will do everything possible to support our students and staff. Once again, please keep Madi\u2019s family and friends in your thoughts and prayers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
BULLARD\u2013 The Bullard Independent School District is in mourning after a high school student died in a motor vehicle crash on Wednesday. Madison Nelson, a 9th grader, passed away in the crash, according to a statement released by the district. She represented the 2024 freshman class as a homecoming duchess in this past fall semester. … Continue reading Bullard ISD mourning 9th grader who died in crash<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1380768,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/04\/Bullard-ISD-150x150.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1380758","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-10 22:10:27","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2021\/04\/Bullard-ISD-150x150.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1380758"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1380813,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1380758\/revisions\/1380813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1380768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1380758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1380758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1380758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}