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Oneida SSD board approves seeking bids for concealed-weapons detection at schools
Summary
The Oneida Special School District board voted to seek bids for concealed-weapons detection systems that will create single entry points at secondary schools and noted a related grant award.
The Oneida Special School District Board of Education voted unanimously to seek bids for concealed-weapons detection systems that will funnel entrants through a single point at the middle and high school buildings.
Board members said the detectors will be concentrated at one controlled entry rather than at every exterior door. Clayton, a staff member, described the equipment as "pretty much a kind of an x-ray machine," likening it to the detection systems used at concerts and sporting events.
During discussion the board clarified the plan is to have "one point" of entry at each secondary campus so students and visitors pass through the detectors, which board members said should speed screening. The motion to accept bids carried on a roll call with Dorothy Watson, board member; Doctor Nancy Williamson, board member; and Doctor Danny Cross, board member voting aye.
A board speaker also said the district had obtained grant funding to help pay for the equipment, noting, "We got a grant for that too." The board did not identify the grant source or the dollar amount at the meeting.
The board approved soliciting bids; staff will return with vendor proposals and recommended contracts for future board consideration.
