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District reports metal-detector use, SRO activity; notes pending state restriction on student cellphones
Summary
Administrators described portable metal-detector deployments, items found during classroom searches and school resource officer activities. They also briefed the board on Ohio Senate Bill 158, which would restrict student personal communication devices beginning in the fall with specified exceptions.
Twinsburg administrators told the board the district purchased portable walk-through and handheld metal-detection devices this year and used them in random classroom searches and at election sites hosted in district buildings.
Presenters said classroom searches could be completed in under 10 minutes with minimal instructional disruption. Items found during searches included vapes, over-the-counter medication carried in small containers, and pepper-spray-style personal-defense items; staff said the district reminded families that clinic staff should be used for…
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