“I am sure this tragedy in Texas is triggering terrible memories, anxiety and fear in Oxford and our communities,” Bouchard said. Minutes after the Texas shooting, Oakland County Sheriff Mike Bouchard said families of the survivors from the Oxford High shooting started reaching out for help. A team from the sheriff's office substation also contacted other families to offer support. Weaver's letter also shared crisis hotline numbers. "I’m sure this is hitting too close to home for the staff. When is this going to end? How do we make it stop? When will we make children’s safety the number one priority in this country?" Busch said. "This has to stop. My son is angry. I’m angry and horribly sad."īusch said she appreciated Weaver's letter to the community. "But five minutes later when I was made aware they updated the death toll to 14, I couldn’t catch my breath. I sobbed in my car coming home from work. Uncontrollably," Busch said. Oxford parent Emily Busch said on Tuesday night news of the death toll in Texas was upsetting as early numbers came in reporting two dead. The district’s traumatic event crisis intervention plan team is working to have additional trauma specialists from EasterSeals and the Oakland Community Health Network available on Wednesday and for the rest of the week. It's important for Oxford students to attend school on Wednesday to be together with their friends and teachers, Weaver said, but there will be no consequences for students who cannot come to school. "They are trying to make sense of the senseless and do not need you to know the answers, but to be there with them and for them in their pain and confusion,” he wrote. They will need your patience, kindness, and presence," he wrote. “Some of your children may have a restless night. Weaver reminded parents to allow themselves to be aware of their own emotions that may come flooding back. Communicate to them that they are safe in your home and you are willing to listen to whatever they are experiencing.” “Also recognize that they may feel numb as a way to cope. Please normalize these memories and emotions for them by affirming that it can be expected to experience some intense memories and feelings after a similar tragedy,” Weaver said. “It is likely to trigger, for some children, intrusive memories and emotional overload. Weaver strongly encouraged families to limit their exposure to the news, writing that “it will be a retraumatizing trigger.” He asked parents to talk to their children about what happened in simple, appropriate language.