OXFORD, Mich. (Michigan News Source) – Oxford Community Schools is updating its safety plans and will implement new changes for the 2023-24 school year.

The Board of Education received the safety plan at its Tuesday night meeting. In addition to safety enhancements, the new plan will continue training for staff members. Among those changes presented include a 24/7 weapons detection system and upgraded visitor management system from Drift Net, visible ID badges for students in grades 6-12, and all staff and the increase of weapons detection dog usage at all schools.

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The district is continuing to tighten security measures following the November 2021 shooting at Oxford High School that killed four students and injured seven others.

Some families are expressing disappointment with the safety changes, and said the board is not focusing enough on mental health and social/emotional learning they feel will prevent another tragedy.

The new safety plan also includes creating an incident response plan, undergoing advanced digital threat assessments and installing silent alarms.

Meanwhile, the shooter has plead guilty and is awaiting the results of his Miller hearing. Ethan Crumbley was 15-years-old at the time of the shooting. He plead guilty to murder and terrorism charges, but since he was a minor at the time of the shooting, a judge is evaluating whether Crumbley can receive a life sentence without the possibility of parole.

The parents of the teen, James and Jennifer Crumbley, are facing legal charges of their own. They are fighting four involuntary manslaughter charges. Prosecutors say they ignored their son’s cries for help and purchases the gun for him that he used in the shootings.