Mr. Casey Holden, who interned as an activities office administrator in 2012-2013 school year, died unexpectedly on Wednesday, August 13 of heart problems after a diagnosis of Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS).

Holden substitute taught in the building for the following two years, including the summer school history this past July.

It was in the second week of summer school that Holden was hospitalized after complaining of losing the feeling in his legs.  Doctors determined Holden had Guillain-Barre Syndrome. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,

GBS attacks peripheral nervous system. The first symptoms of this disorder include varying degrees of weakness or tingling sensations in the legs. Those feelings can spread to the arms and upper body and increase in intensity until certain muscles cannot be used at all and, when severe, the person is almost totally paralyzed.

Although he spent the rest of the summer session in the hospital, he continued to do the planning and grading of papers for the remainder of the term.

Holden will be buried on August 19, 2014 in his hometown of Missoula, Montana.