Moises Munoz Plascencia is the assistant principal at California’s Kraemer Middle School died by apparent suicide on Monday.
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“His passing, and the manner in which it occurred, has left us devastated, confused, and heartbroken,” a school official had said.
“Our assistant principal at Kraemer Middle, Moises Plascencia, took his own life in a private staff area on the school’s campus this morning,” Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District superintendent Jim Elsasser wrote in a statement Monday.
In a separate statement, school principal Michael Young said that officials do not believe any staff members or students were present at the time of his death, “nor was the occurrence witnessed by anyone.”
“Words will never be able to express our true sorrow regarding this loss,” Young continued. “While we may never make sense of nor understand why this occurred, please know how deeply Mr. Plascencia cares for your students, their education, and all of Kraemer Middle School.”
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Placentia police Capt. Brian Perry said they arrived on the scene around 9 a.m. after receiving a call that a staff member was unresponsive in the bathroom. Upon arrival, Plascencia was found deceased with a firearm nearby, Perry says.
Classes were canceled for the rest of Monday.
“As we begin to process this unthinkable grief, we are suspending normal school operations through the remainder of the day,” Young wrote, noting that classes would resume on Tuesday.
The principal also shared that throughout the week, mental health support would be available for students, staff and families.
Plascencia was remembered as “so much more than a respected assistant principal.”
He was a father, husband, brother, and friend to so many in The school district community.
Plascencia was born and raised as a first-generation Mexican-American in Santa Ana, California.
He is a proud alum from Santa Ana College, the University of California Santa Cruz, and California State University Long Beach.
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