PHOENIX (AZFamily) — The mother of a teen who was stabbed to death inside a Maryvale High School classroom plans to sue Phoenix Union High School District, according to court records obtained Friday by Arizona’s Family.
The notice of claim, a precursor to a lawsuit, claims the district is to blame for the murder of 16-year-old Michael Montoya because the district eliminated school resource officers (SROs), deliberately reprogrammed metal detectors and ignored years of danger.
Montoya was stabbed during his third period Integrated Sciences class on Aug. 19, 2025, around 11 a.m. He died at the hospital…