DOWNTOWN. DETROIT LOCAL 4 NEWS AT FIVE STARTS NOW. THEY SAY OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL FAILED TO ACT
TWICE AND THAT THE SCHOOL
SHOOTING COULD HAVE BEEN
PREVENTED TWO FORMER BOARD
MEMBERS SAYING THEY’RE BLOWING
THE WHISTLE ON SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
AND WHAT SPECIFICALLY DIDN’T
HAPPEN IN THE DAYS LEADING UP TO
THE TRAGEDY TO FORMER SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBERS SAY THEY LEFT
THEIR POST FRUSTRATION NOW
TONIGHT, THEY ARE CLAIMING THE
TRUTH HAS BEEN HIDDEN FROM THE
PUBLIC. THEY SAY THE SHOOTER
SHOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED FROM
CLASS HAD THIS AND WOULD HAVE
HAD THE CLASS SCHOOL USED A
POLICY THAT HAS ALREADY BEEN PUT
IN PLACE INSTEAD. DID THEY SAY
THE OFFICIALS AT THE HIGH SCHOOL
GAVE IN TO THE STUDENTS PARENTS
AND KEPT HIM IN SCHOOL. LET’S
GET TO PAULA TUTMAN FOLLOWING
THIS TODAY, TALK TO HIS FIRST
ABOUT THIS POLICY, PAULA OKAY,
WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WANT TO
REMIND YOU THAT WE ARE TWO DAYS
FROM THE FIRST YEAR ANNIVERSARY
FROM WHEN THOSE STUDENTS RAN TO
THAT MEIJER TO RUN FOR THEIR
LIVES FROM THAT SCHOOL UP THERE
. FAIR QUESTION IS TO TALK ABOUT
WHY THESE TWO NOW FORMER SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBERS ARE COMING FORWARD
NOW. CERTAINLY A QUESTION ASKED
BY REPORTERS, BUT WE DON’T HAVE
A CLEAR ANSWER OTHER THAN THEY
SAY. THEY WERE TIRED OF NOT
BEING ABLE TO BE TRANSPARENT.
THEY CLAIMED THERE WERE EXTERIOR
FORCES THAT FORCED THEM TO STAY
SILENT. WHICH BEGS THE QUESTION
, WHO OR WHOM THEY WOULDN’T
ANSWER. WHAT WERE THE
CONSEQUENCES OF SPEAKING OUT NO
CLEAR ANSWERS ON THAT ONE ONLY
THAT THEY BELIEVE THEY COULD NOT
REMAIN SILENT ANY LONGER.
RECENTLY RESIGNED. OXFORD SCHOOL
BOARD MEMBERS FORMER PRESIDENT
TOM DONNELLY AND FORMER
TREASURER CORY BAILEY SAY THEY
ARE BREAKING WHAT THEY CALL IN
FORCED SILENCE OVER THE
DISTRICTS HANDLING OF THE SCHOOL
SHOOTING NOVEMBER 30TH OF LAST
YEAR BY CONFESSED KILLER ETHAN
CRUMBLY. THE BOARD WAS EVEN
PROVIDED A REPORT PRESENTATION
FROM SECURE EDUCATIONAL
CONSULTANTS WHERE THEY PRAISED
OUR TEAM AND SAID, WE HAVE DONE
A REMARKABLE JOB IN DEVELOPING
AND EXECUTING. THE EXTREMELY
COMPREHENSIVE SAFETY AND
SECURITY PLANS AND THAT OXFORD
SCHOOLS CURRENTLY PROVIDES A
VERY SAFE AND SECURE ENVIRONMENT
FOR STAFF AND STUDENTS. AGAIN IF
ALL OF THIS WERE TRUE, HOW WOULD
THE SHOOTING HAD HAPPENED? THE
2.2 STANDARD OPERATING
PROCEDURES LISTED ON THE SCHOOL
WEBSITE THAT INDICATE HOW A
DISTRICT REACTS TO THREAT
ASSESSMENTS AND THE FACT THAT
THERE IS AN ACTUAL PLAYBOOK THAT
THE DISTRICT ADOPTED IN 2004
CALLED THE ENHANCING SCHOOL
SAFETY, USING A THREAT
ASSESSMENT MODEL. IT WAS ISSUED
BY THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND
SECURITY AND THE U. S SECRET
SERVICE, ACCORDING TO DONNELLY
AND BAILEY, THEIR ATTORNEY ALSO
SAYS THAT THE PRINCIPAL GOT
EXTERNAL TRAINING ON THAT
PLAYBOOK BUT NEVER PASSED THAT
TRAINING ALONG TO OTHERS. OXFORD
SCHOOL SYSTEM USES A AN
ASSESSMENT CALLED SABER, THE
SHOOTER’S CLASS. SHOULD HAVE
TAKEN THAT ASSESSMENT IN 2020
AND 2021. THEY DIDN’T EVEN
REALIZE THAT PLAYBOOK EXISTED
UNTIL FEBRUARY, THREE MONTHS
AFTER THE SHOOTING AT OXFORD
HIGH SCHOOL, AND I WOULD LATER
LEARN THAT THE SCHOOL HAD NOT
PUT THIS PLAYBOOK TO PRACTICE AT
ANY OF OUR BUILDINGS. WE HAD
BEEN INFORMED THAT THOSE
RESPONSIBLE FOR SAFETY HAVE
RAISED CONCERNS OVER THE LACK OF
TRAINING FOR QUITE SOME TIME.
BUT THOSE CONCERNS WERE IGNORED.
LOT WAS SAID IN THAT NEWS
CONFERENCE. LOT WAS NOT SAID BUT
ONE REALLY INTERESTING THING
THAT WAS SAID WAS THEY TALKED
ABOUT THESE MARKERS AND
UNDERSTANDING THESE MARKERS THAT
WERE IN THAT PLAYBOOK, AND IT
REALLY DOES CONNECT SOME
INTERESTING DOT WHAT WE’VE
ALREADY SEEN WITH THOSE DRAWINGS
THAT ETHAN CRUMBLEY DID IN CLASS
BEFORE HE WAS TAKEN TO THE
PRINCIPAL’S OFFICE. AND WE’RE
GOING TO UNPACK THAT COMING UP
AT SIX GUYS. WE WILL SEE YOU.
THEN THE OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL
SHOOTERS SHE JUST MENTIONED IS
GOING TO BE BACK IN COURT
TOMORROW FOR HIS MONTHLY HEARING
EVERY MONTH. THE JUDGE HAS TO
DECIDE IF ETHAN CRUMBLEY WILL BE
KEPT AT THE OAKLAND COUNTY JAIL
OR MOVE TO A JUVENILE FACILITY
HEARING REQUIRED BY LAW BECAUSE
OF HIS AGE LAST MONTH, THOUGH,
THE 16 YEAR OLD PLEADED GUILTY