Saturday, June 25, 2022
Since 1854 — News from Montcalm County and Ionia County, Michigan
Ionia High School Principal Jon Duley has been cleared of allegations of misconduct related to his monitoring and supervision of students in the high school parking lot.
The district’s administration became aware of a social media post on a non-school community page alleging the misconduct, Superintendent Ben Gurk said in a memo released Tuesday.
Last week’s horrific shooting incident at Oxford High School has left other Michigan school officials reeling — and reevaluating how to prevent such a tragedy from occurring in their own district.
The afternoon of last Tuesday, Nov. 30, a 15-year-old male allegedly went on a shooting spree inside his high school, killing four teenage students and injuring seven others, including a teacher. The alleged shooter used a handgun allegedly given to him as an early Christmas present by his parents, who have also been arrested and charged along with their son.
Ellie Kinnee was working the morning shift on a horse farm last summer when a freak accident led to a diagnosis that would change her young life forever.
And yet, the Lakeview High School senior is graduating on time with her class of 2021 on Sunday afternoon.
Coverage of Sunday’s graduation ceremony at Central Montcalm High School.
