If convicted, he faces a minimum of 25 years in prison.

Officials found a handgun in the backpack of a Fraser High School student on Monday after receiving a tip about a weapon and removing the student from class.

It’s a struggle every day for every district -- how do local schools balance COVID safety and prevent panic from spreading when the inevitable case is reported? It’s a phone call that no parent wants to receive -- a confirmed case of coronavirus is at their child’s school. While his son is currently quarantined and that is unnerving, Mathis said he’s satisfied with how the Fraser Public School District is handing COVID for students in face-to-face learning. As of March 4, there are 11 cases of COVID throughout the district -- 11 teachers and nearly 150 students are quarantined. That’s less than 1% of the district with 70% of its students opting for five-days a week face-to-face learning.

BIRMINGHAM, Mich. – Birmingham Public Schools is moving to a remote learning enviroment beginning Monday. The school district said that due to COVID-19, all schools and programs will move to a virtual environment. More information can be found on the Birmingham Public Schools district website here. The largest school district in the state, Detroit Public Schools Community District, announced Thursday it will shift from face-to-face learning to online learning. Fraser Public Schools announced Friday it was pushing for more students to return to in-person learning.

ROMEO, Mich. – Romeo Community Schools will switch to virtual learning Wednesday until at least Dec. 7. Our ability to staff in-person instruction has been stretched beyond our capacity in many areas of the district.”More information can be found on the Romeo Community Schools district website here. The largest school district in the state, Detroit Public Schools Community District, announced Thursday it will shift from face-to-face learning to online learning. “In the Henry Ford system, our Henry Ford Macomb Hospital has the highest volume by far. It has twice the inpatient volume that Henry Ford Hospital has, and Henry Ford Hospital has more than two times the number of beds that exist in Henry Ford Macomb Hospital.”Read more here.

FRASER, Mich. Most parents are keeping a watchful eye on what school districts are planning to do in the fall. In Fraser, about 30 percent of parents have said they are not comfortable sending their children back to school for face-to-face learning because of coronavirus (COVID-19). The district is proposing a plan to accommodate concerned parents and meet state mandates. Fraser Public Schools had well established remote learning protocols already in place before Michigan Gov. READ: Michigan governor suspends in-person learning at K-12 schools for rest of school yearThe district has announced that it has been working within the guidelines of the Michigan Department of Educations remote learning model.