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Parents press Plymouth‑Canton board over threats, express frustration with school response
Summary
Multiple parents told the board their children’s elementary school experienced an incident in March in which a fifth‑grade student allegedly threatened to ‘shoot the school.’ Parents said notification and follow‑up left them unsatisfied and asked the district to strengthen safety responses.
Parents from Miller Elementary told the Plymouth‑Canton Community Schools Board of Education they remain fearful after a March threat by a fifth‑grade student and said district and school responses left families without sufficient reassurance.
Several speakers described the same incident during the citizen comment portion of the board meeting. Sheila Dudley, acting as a concerned grandparent, said a fifth‑grader told other students he would “bring a gun to school and shoot everybody” around March 13 and urged the board to adopt “zero tolerance” for threats regardless of student age. Dudley said federal…
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