2021 Oxford school shooting

What happens now? Sentencing, an ongoing criminal case against the teen’s parents, lawsuits against Oxford and more debate about whether anything can be done policywise to prevent such shootings.

Schools should be safe places in which children learn, socialize, and grow. It is time for the Michigan legislature to heed the call of Michiganders on the issue of common sense gun reform.

Tips about planned school attacks rolled in after the Oxford High School shooting. But the OK2SAY confidential tip line also allowed officials help students in distress, including those who were suicidal.

Student safety is on the minds of school and community leaders throughout Michigan following last year’s shooting rampage at Oxford High School. Lansing-area officials met Monday to discuss the nuances of such policies

The four children shot dead in their high school in Oxford last year are of equal worth as each of the more than 1.5 million children whose lives ended in abortion in Michigan since Roe v. Wade was decided.

The lawsuit is the third against Oxford Community Schools since the Oxford High School shooting in November. Students are not seeking monetary damages but want the court will order the district to strengthen safety measures and receive a 'fully transparent' third-party review of the shooting.

Oxford Community Schools will be able to use the new state funding for staffing to help traumatized students, as well as for repairs to the high school in the wake of the deadly shooting.

Our very lives and the lives of the students we serve depend on our relentless efforts, as educators and as citizens in our democracy.

Students and teachers feel stripped of their sense of security after school shootings in Oxford and Uvalde.

We cannot continue to have Oxfords and Uvaldes every year. Our alternatives are either to change the ease of obtaining guns or harden the security of school buildings, or both.

Gun control is a non-starter, but lawmakers have yet to approve even measures with wide support, such as more money for mental health help and school police officers. Leaders acknowledge they need to move with more urgency.

The system would identify weapons and notify police within seconds – and attempt to lower the casualties in the event of another mass shooting.

Perhaps school gun violence persists because the majority in the Michigan Legislature has avoided even discussing the most popular, moderate, and reasonable of gun safety measures.

Michigan House lawmakers want schools to have health centers, lockdown kits, updated active-shooter drills, and more.

Organizers with End Gun Violence Michigan are considering a 2024 ballot proposal if the Republican-led Legislature does not act on firearm reforms following a shooting at Oxford High School that left four dead and others injured.

Senate Majority Leader Mike Shirkey promised a hearing on ‘extreme risk protection orders’ more than two years ago. Gun rights groups are gearing up for a legislative fight as Shirkey prepares to finally make good on the promise.

State police believe OK2SAY has stopped suicides, assaults, vandalism, and worse.

The expertise and knowledge are there to fix the state’s mental health crisis. What is missing is political will.

Repealing compulsory schooling would allow parents whose child is struggling with mental health issues to withdraw their child from school, to focus on improving the child’s mental health, without worry of jail time.

Oxford High officials are under the microscope for not sending Ethan Crumbley home before a shooting rampage. If we want different decisions in the future, schools need different mandates and guidelines.