how did rhonda die in school spirits

Rhonda dies in School Spirits when she is murdered by her high school guidance counselor, Mr. Manfredo, who strangles her in his office after she tells him she has been accepted to Berkeley and he realizes she does not reciprocate his romantic feelings.

What Happens to Rhonda?

• Rhonda is a student at Split River High in the early 1960s, with big ambitions of going to Berkeley.

• She trusts her guidance counselor, Mr. Manfredo, more than her own parents and sees him as a mentor who truly believes in her.

• When she proudly shows him her Berkeley acceptance letter, his behavior turns possessive and disturbed as he confronts the fact that his feelings for her are romantic and not returned.

• As Rhonda tries to leave his office, he attacks her and kills her by strangulation, leaving her to die in the very school where her ghost will later be trapped.

In the series, this betrayal by a trusted adult is treated as one of the most disturbing and traumatic deaths among the ghosts at Split River High.

Why Her Death Matters in the Show

• Rhonda’s death shapes her personality as a ghost: she appears tough and cynical, but that hardness comes from being killed by someone she trusted.

• Being stuck in the school where she was murdered for decades makes her especially determined to “move on” and not stay in the afterlife support group forever.

• In Season 2, she relives elements of her death when she walks the halls holding her Berkeley letter (her “death item”) and confronts a vision of Mr. Manfredo again, highlighting how the trauma still grips her even in the afterlife.

TL;DR: Rhonda didn’t die in an accident—she was deliberately killed by her guidance counselor, Mr. Manfredo, who strangled her in his office after she shared her Berkeley acceptance and rejected his inappropriate feelings.

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