Overview

• Classes resumed Monday following a three-day closure, with a coordinated “clap-in” led by Detroit leaders and community groups to support students.
• Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said an assistant principal was placed on administrative leave pending an investigation into safety protocol lapses.
• The district deployed added staffing and security, including three security guards, an on-site police officer, another assistant principal, and an extra social worker.
• Officials said security video showed a metal detector alarmed when the alleged attacker’s mother entered with a knife but she was not searched, and a security guard tied to the lapse was removed.
• The student and her mother were arrested in last week’s stabbing, the 14-year-old victim is recovering, and DPSCD is continuing its internal review alongside law enforcement.