FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Two Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School campus monitors have been barred from the school's property and have been reassigned, a spokeswoman for the Broward County School District said Wednesday.
"Due to information that has recently appeared in the media and which is being reviewed by the district, Andrew Medina and David Taylor have received administrative reassignments away from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School until further notice," Broward Schools spokeswoman Nadine Drew said.
The South Florida Sun Sentinel reported last week that Medina was the first person to see ex-student Nikolas Cruz step onto campus before he gunned down 17 people and injured 17 others on Valentine's Day.
Medina, who was unarmed, failed to stop Cruz, question him or lock down the school. He instead radioed ahead to warn fellow monitor Taylor that a suspicious kid was headed his way.
When Taylor, who also was unarmed, heard the gunfire erupt in the 1200 building where he was, he hid in a janitor's closet.
Medina and Taylor, who are also coaches, were notified Wednesday that they had new assignments and would no longer be allowed on Stoneman Douglas' campus, said Tracy Clark, another school board spokeswoman.
They would remain "campus monitors reassigned to administrative locations," she said. She would not specify what that meant.
Medina did not respond to a text message from the Sun Sentinel on Wednesday, nor did Taylor respond to a telephone call. The men are represented by the Federation of Public Employees.
