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Board weighs expanding metal detectors to middle and elementary schools; closed-door update planned
Summary
Board members debated whether to extend school-site metal detectors beyond high schools after incidents at non-high-school campuses; members agreed to a closed-door update with superintendent and school police to review options and costs
Board Member Edwin Ferguson urged the School Board of Palm Beach County on Tuesday to expand metal detector screening to middle and elementary campuses after a string of incidents in which weapons or weapon components were found at non-high-school sites.
Ferguson said the district has seen weapons-related incidents at middle schools and other campuses since the district installed detectors at high schools and argued…
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