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Barrow County begins daily weapons detection scanning for grades 6—6—; plans laptop photo ID decals
Summary
Support services reported districtwide morning weapons-detection scanning for grades 6— covering more than 8,200 students and described plans to place student photo decals on school laptops to aid identification.
Support Services provided the board with two safety updates: the start of daily weapons-detection scanning for middle and high schools and plans to issue student-picture identification decals for district laptops.
The district said daily scanning currently covers grades 6 through 12, representing "over 8,200 students" and that the scanning process in middle schools has taken under 30 minutes per site since the second day of implementation. Support Services also described an initiative to…
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