Takiyah Anthony, a substitute teacher and parent, told the Katy ISD Board of Trustees she was speaking after an incident at her daughter’s high school on Aug. 22 when a student was discovered in possession of a gun and arrested. Anthony said the arrest came only because someone reported the student; she said that if no one had reported it, the outcome could have been catastrophic.

Anthony described how easy it is for visitors to check in through the campus Raptor system carrying a backpack or bag, and said substitutes can walk into a campus with a bag unchecked. “We cannot rely on the chance of someone happening to report a threat,” she said. Anthony urged trustees to install metal detectors at every campus "now" rather than waiting for another incident.

Trustees thanked Anthony for speaking. No motion or vote on metal detectors occurred that night; the board did not schedule an agenda item for districtwide detector installation at the meeting.