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Board advances revisions to code of conduct to allow metal‑detector wands after public hearing with no comments
Summary
The Board of Education of the Middle Country Central School District held a public hearing on proposed revisions to the district code of conduct that would authorize staff to use metal‑detector wands to search students suspected of carrying impermissible items in school, and later approved the policy’s first reading and a waiver of the second reading.
The Board of Education of the Middle Country Central School District held a public hearing on proposed revisions to the district code of conduct that would authorize staff to use metal‑detector wands to search students suspected of carrying impermissible items in school. The hearing opened and closed with no questions or public comment, and the board later approved the policy’s first reading and voted to waive a second reading.
The proposal shown at the hearing would permit staff to use handheld metal‑detector wands during searches when a student is suspected of possessing prohibited items. During the public hearing a district presenter summarized the change, saying the revisions "authorize our staff to use metal detector wands to conduct searches of students who are suspected of carrying impermissible items in…
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