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Ohio School District Welcomes Students Back After Shootings
By: Associated Press
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Update 10:30 a.m.
MADISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) – Students have returned to school in a southwest Ohio district two days after authorities say a 14-year-old boy shot students in a cafeteria.
Madison Local Schools officials say staff members have joined students on their bus rides Wednesday morning and have given them a first-day-of-school style welcome at the campus just west of Middletown where some 1,600 students from pre-K through grade 12 attend. Police are on hand and crisis counselors are being made available in the schools.
There’s no immediate word on attendance figures.
Authorities say two students were shot on Monday and two others hurt, possibly by shrapnel or while running away.
The 14-year-old shooting suspect remains in juvenile detention after denying the charges in a brief court hearing Tuesday.
MADISON TOWNSHIP, Ohio (AP) – Classes are resuming in a southwest Ohio school district, two days after authorities say a 14-year-old boy shot students in a school cafeteria.
Madison Local Schools officials say staff members will ride on buses Wednesday morning and be outside the school complex to welcome students back.
Some 1,600 students from pre-K through grade 12 attend the schools just west of Middletown.
Crisis counselors will be on hand and extra staffers will join students for lunch in the cafeteria where the shootings occurred. Authorities say two students were shot on Monday and two others hurt, possibly by shrapnel or while running away.
Families were able to walk through the schools Tuesday evening.
The 14-year-old shooting suspect remains in juvenile detention after denying charges in a brief juvenile court hearing earlier Tuesday.