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Canfield superintendent previews school year, outlines new SRO, AI detection pilot and facility work
Summary
Superintendent Noll detailed start-of-school schedules, an additional elementary school resource officer, a pilot AI gun-detection system, and about $550,000 in high school paving during the Canfield Local board meeting.
Superintendent Noll told the Canfield Local School District Board of Education on Aug. 13 that the district will start the school year with staggered opening days for some grades, a new elementary school resource officer and several safety and facility upgrades.
The superintendent said kindergarten through fourth grade will have short orientation sessions on Monday and Tuesday with their teachers and that elementary students’ first full day is Wednesday; fifth-grade students will be split by last name for initial days, and the high school opens Monday the 18th. "The best way to deal with school safety is to make sure each kid is connected to something," Superintendent Noll said, describing the district's emphasis on extracurricular connections alongside physical security measures.
Noll described two complementary safety approaches. The district will continue traditional security "hardening"—measures to deter, detect and…
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