Clear backpacks required for some students after deadly Michigan school shooting

Oxford Community Schools will have private security, therapy dogs, counselors and trauma specialists in all buildings, Superintendent Tim Throne said.

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.

“We are doing clear backpacks for middle schools … and high school students when they return,” Oxford Community Schools Superintendent Tim Throne said in a video message to parents.

The backpacks will be provided to students upon their return, according to the superintendent’s statement. Elementary school students won’t be required to use clear backpacks but their backpacks must be kept in their lockers or cubbies all day.

The school district has introduced a number of new security measures in the wake of the Nov. 30 shooting in the Detroit suburb that killed four students.

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