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UPDATE: Seshu 'Fought Hard,' Principal Says
Services are in place to help students deal with their grief.
UPDATED: Support services are in place at Grafton High School today to help students grieving the loss of their former classmate, Seshu Kandukuri, principal James Pignataro said.
The Grafton Class of 2011 graduate died today after a long battle with cancer.
"He fought hard, and there was a lot of support for him,'' at the school, Pignataro said. "Our thoughts are with his family.''
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Support staff are available at the school "in case kids need to talk'' about their emotions, he said. "We want to make sure the kids are in a good place'' emotionally and are able to share their feelings, he said.
The teen had undergone treatments in Boston.
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His classmates held a series of fund-raisers to support him and his family through his battle.
"Grafton is now missing one of their strongest and most brave teenagers,'' his classmate Annie Sheridan wrote in an email. "The class of 2011 will never be the same.''
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