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Policy committee to draft districtwide weapons-detection policy, seek consistent schoolwide approach
Summary
School officials told trustees they are drafting a weapons-detection policy and will present a draft to the policy committee at the next meeting; trustees urged one consistent process across all schools.
Sumter School District staff told the Policy Committee that the district does not yet have a finalized weapons-detection policy but is working on a draft to present at the next committee meeting.
Sam Myers said the district "has not developed our policy yet" but that staff have reviewed local and statewide models and will bring a proposed policy to the committee for review. Trustees stressed the need for a consistent approach across schools; one trustee said the current detection process "looks a little different at each 1 of our schools" and asked for uniform guidelines.
Myers and other administrators said they will provide the draft policy and related guidelines ahead of the next meeting so trustees have time to review and give feedback, and that the district will align practices so all school sites follow the same procedures. No formal vote was taken; the committee will review the draft at a future meeting.
