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I think it's quite a stretch to try to apply the law to the parents in this case. As someone commented above, if the parents are guilty of involuntary manslaughter here, so are the school officials.
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Respectfully, I disagree. I read your attached document. Those attorneys are defining involuntary manslaughter in general terms, not specific to the Michigan case. It was written in 2020. Involuntary manslaughter is a crime of negligence. The parents are much more negligent than the school, in my untrained legal opinion. (Side note: I am a special education teacher, who also dabbled in school administration, nearing retirement age. I realize bias and experience is playing a role here.)
There is not much the school could do, in this case. I don't know about Michigan school law or this particular district's student code of conduct. In my school, drawing a violent picture is not, by itself, a violation of school rules. A school cannot discipline a student if no school rule has been broken. The child also was looking at ammunition on his phone. This would likely be a minor - something like misuse of technology - infraction. A school cannot suspend a student or force a counseling intervention for a minor violation. The school did not have the authority to search the child at the time. The school did not have probable cause. He had not broken a school rule yet. And remember, the parents did not tell the school that he was in love with his new gun and there was a chance he may have it with him. If there is a school attorney in the audience, please steer me in the right direction if I am misinterpreting general school law.
Here is where my bias comes in - I have seen this dozens of times. If a parent is unwilling to collaborate with the school in matters of discipline, the school's options become limited and the student tends to escalate his or her disruptive behavior. These parents refused to participate.
I wonder about this child's discipline history. Were there other red flags ignored by the parents? How many other times did the school reach out to the parents only to be ignored? School discipline records are confidential. We may not learn more until trial.
If this child were to throw a rock and break a school window, I think we all would expect the school to send the parents the bill and the parents to pay it. Well, now we have a another school shooting. The bill is due.