{"id":1124691,"date":"2021-12-16T09:44:41","date_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:44:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1124691"},"modified":"2021-12-16T09:44:45","modified_gmt":"2021-12-16T14:44:45","slug":"outraged-oxford-parents-demand-answers-after-deadly-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/outraged-oxford-parents-demand-answers-after-deadly-shooting\/","title":{"rendered":"Outraged Oxford Parents Demand Answers After Deadly Shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foutraged-oxford-parents-demand-answers-after-deadly-shooting%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1124691&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Parents in Oxford, Michigan, addressed their local school board for the first time Tuesday night to express their outrage at Oxford High officials for not taking action to keep a school shooter from posing a threat to his classmates on November 30. &nbsp;Several parents <a href=\"https:\/\/www.clickondetroit.com\/news\/local\/2021\/12\/15\/community-given-time-to-speak-at-oxford-school-boards-first-meeting-since-shooting-i-am-absolutely-devastated\/\">blamed<\/a> the board for not having proper security measures in place in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>The shooter, whose name has been withheld per Daily Wire policy on mass casualty incidents, allegedly used a firearm belonging to his father when he killed four students and injured seven others.&nbsp;The morning of the attack, school administrators had met with the boy\u2019s parents and showed them disturbing notes found that day <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/mother-of-michigan-school-shooting-suspect-texted-dont-do-it-during-attack\">suggesting the boy<\/a> was willing to do harm to himself and others. Previously, he had been caught <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/michigan-shooting-suspect-caught-searching-for-ammo-on-phone-during-class-days-before-shooting-prosecutor\">searching for ammo<\/a> on his phone.<\/p>\n<p>Following the meeting, school officials gave the boy\u2019s parents the option to pull him from class or leave him in school. The parents declined to take him home.<\/p>\n<p>Tuesday night was the first time parents had the opportunity to address the school board since the shooting occurred, Fox News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/oxford-school-shooting-parents-speak-out\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Parents were clearly emotional and angry at the officials and their inaction:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe first failure on the school is trust. We don\u2019t trust you anymore,\u201d the first parent to speak told school board members during the meeting recorded by WDIV, a local NBC affiliate. \u201cBecause now we\u2019ve had catastrophic failures [on] your watch.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you call the police when you knew there was a kid with a problem?\u201d he asked, receiving applause from the audience. \u201c\u2026I think you all need to resign tonight.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Another parent said parents were initially left in the dark when authorities began showing up at the school on Nov. 30.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAre we talking about guns again or is this, like, a bomb threat, or what?\u201d she said. \u201c\u2026In order for us, as parents, to be able to feel comfortable and trust the administration again, we need full transparency about everything, and I\u2019m not talking about names, but I am talking about, you know, did these threats come from within our district? Did they come from outside?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Fox News also reported that Oxford Superintendent Tim Thorne issued a statement saying that the school never believed the student was a threat to himself or others at any time during their interaction:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cOn the morning of Nov. 30, a teacher observed concerning drawings and written statements that have been detailed in media reports, which the teacher reported to school counselors and the Dean of students,\u201d Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Thorne wrote in a letter sent to the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/us-regions\/midwest\/michigan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oxford High School<\/a> community. \u201cThe student was immediately removed from the classroom and brought to the guidance counselor\u2019s office where he claimed the drawing was part of a video game he was designing and informed counselors that he planned to pursue video game design as a career.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cAt no time did counselors believe the student might harm others based on his behavior, responses and demeanor, which appeared calm,\u201d Throne added. \u201cIn addition, despite media reports, whether or not the gun was in his backpack has not been confirmed by law enforcement to our knowledge nor by our investigation at this time.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/oxford-high-school-appears-to-have-used-controversial-restorative-discipline-practices-prior-to-school-shooting\">school\u2019s approach<\/a> \u201cseems to be in line with the school\u2019s \u2018restorative\u2019 policy which uses principles based on a controversial disciplinarian approach called \u2018restorative justice\u2019 that has been blamed for allowing other school shootings to happen,\u201d as The Daily Wire previously reported. Restorative practices emphasize keeping troubled children in school and in counseling rather than expressing them or calling law enforcement to avoid the s0-called \u201cschool-to-prison pipeline.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Survivors of the shooting have filed lawsuits seeking $100 million.<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents in Oxford, Michigan, addressed their local school board for the first time Tuesday night to express their outrage at Oxford High officials for not taking action to keep a school shooter from posing a threat to his classmates on November 30. \u00a0Several parents blamed the board for not having proper security measures in place in the first place.The shooter, whose name has been withheld per Daily Wire policy on mass casualty incidents, allegedly used a firearm belonging to his father when he killed four students and injured seven others.\u00a0The morning of the attack, school administrators had met with the boy\u2019s parents and showed them disturbing notes found that day suggesting the boy was willing to do harm to himself and others. Previously, he had been caught searching for ammo on his phone.Following the meeting, school officials gave the boy\u2019s parents the option to pull him from class or leave him in school. The parents declined to take him home.Tuesday night was the first time parents had the opportunity to address the school board since the shooting occurred, Fox News reported.Parents were clearly emotional and angry at the officials and their inaction:\u201cThe first failure on the school is trust. We don\u2019t trust you anymore,\u201d the first parent to speak told school board members during the meeting recorded by WDIV, a local NBC affiliate. \u201cBecause now we\u2019ve had catastrophic failures [on] your watch.\u201d\u201cWhy didn\u2019t you call the police when you knew there was a kid with a problem?\u201d he asked, receiving applause from the audience. \u201c\u2026I think you all need to resign tonight.\u201dAnother parent said parents were initially left in the dark when authorities began showing up at the school on Nov. 30.\u201cAre we talking about guns again or is this, like, a bomb threat, or what?\u201d she said. \u201c\u2026In order for us, as parents, to be able to feel comfortable and trust the administration again, we need full transparency about everything, and I\u2019m not talking about names, but I am talking about, you know, did these threats come from within our district? Did they come from outside?\u201dFox News also reported that Oxford Superintendent Tim Thorne issued a statement saying that the school never believed the student was a threat to himself or others at any time during their interaction:\u201cOn the morning of Nov. 30, a teacher observed concerning drawings and written statements that have been detailed in media reports, which the teacher reported to school counselors and the Dean of students,\u201d Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Thorne wrote in a letter sent to the\u00a0Oxford High School community. \u201cThe student was immediately removed from the classroom and brought to the guidance counselor\u2019s office where he claimed the drawing was part of a video game he was designing and informed counselors that he planned to pursue video game design as a career.\u201d\u201cAt no time did counselors believe the student might harm others based on his behavior, responses and demeanor, which appeared calm,\u201d Throne added. \u201cIn addition, despite media reports, whether or not the gun was in his backpack has not been confirmed by law enforcement to our knowledge nor by our investigation at this time.\u201dThe school\u2019s approach \u201cseems to be in line with the school\u2019s \u2018restorative\u2019 policy which uses principles based on a controversial disciplinarian approach called \u2018restorative justice\u2019 that has been blamed for allowing other school shootings to happen,\u201d as The Daily Wire previously reported. Restorative practices emphasize keeping troubled children in school and in counseling rather than expressing them or calling law enforcement to avoid the s0-called \u201cschool-to-prison pipeline.\u201dSurvivors of the shooting have filed lawsuits seeking $100 million.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1124691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1124691"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1124691\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1124691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1124691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1124691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}