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Gilbert schools to roll out weapons detectors after recent campus threats; superintendent cites student suicide, teacher death
Summary
Superintendent Dr. McCord told the governing board the district will accelerate installation of weapons detectors at all seven high schools before the end of the school year after anonymous tips revealed guns on campuses; the report also reviewed recent tragedies including a student suicide and the death of a longtime teacher.
Dr. McCord, superintendent of Gilbert Public Schools, told the governing board on April 29 that the district will expedite installation of weapons detectors at all seven high schools after recent tip-led discoveries of firearms on campuses.
McCord said the district had planned a phased rollout but moved the timeline after recent incidents and in coordination with the vendor and Mesa Public Schools, which previously implemented detectors. "We have already rolled them out at Canyon Valley High on April 25," McCord said, adding that Desert Ridge, Highland and Mesquite high schools will have detectors in place on May 5 and Campo Verde, Gilbert Classical Academy and…
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