Apalachee High School is planning a “gradual reopening” the week of Sept. 23, the school announced Friday — more than two weeks after police say a student shot and killed four people at the Barrow County campus.

ATLANTA (AP) — Students at Apalachee High School outside Atlanta will return to campus for half-days beginning next week, Barrow County school officials announced, after a Sept. 4 shooting that killed four people and injured nine others.

As Georgia struggles with a recent school shooting and some of the weakest gun laws in the nation, the committee heard from gun violence advocates and pediatricians who have treated children with gun-related injuries.