Some students in the Michigan school district where the deadly Oxford High School shooting took place will be required to carry clear backpacks starting Monday.
Throne stressed “safety, both physical and emotional, are at the top of our list” in reopening.
Monday is the first day of school for elementary and middle school students. However, no date was given for the reopening of Oxford High School itself. In a post on the district’s website, Throne wrote, “We continue to make progress in the reconstruction of Oxford High School and we are working through the enormous number of logistics involved in our safe and soft reopening plan.”
The district also has therapy dogs, counselors, trauma specialists and private security in all buildings. District staffers have undergone trauma-response training to “be as prepared as possible to help out students.”seeking $100 million each against the district, its superintendent, principal and others.
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