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June 18, 2026

Melissa Joan Hart elaborates on encountering kindergarteners, teachers escaping school shooting on highway: ‘It’s really quickly dawning on me this is not a fire drill’

Melissa Joan Hart, a Nashville resident and former Clarissa Explains It All star, recently shared her experience of the shooting that occurred at the Covenant School on her What Women Binge podcast. The shooting, which resulted in the deaths of three 9-year-old students and three teachers, left the community in shock and grief.

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Hart and her husband were on their way to a parent-teacher conference when they saw a group of children and a teacher crossing a five-lane street. At first, Hart didn’t understand what was happening, but as she saw the look of concern on the teacher’s face, she realized that something was wrong. She got out of her car and helped the children cross the street, all the while trying to keep her own fear and worry hidden from them.

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