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Gilbert Unified board approves weapons-detection systems for high schools
Summary
The governing board approved an RFP to buy metal-detection and crowd-control equipment for high schools, authorizing roughly $573,000 in one-time purchases and a $17,000 annual management fee to add a new security layer.
The Gilbert Unified District governing board voted March 25 to approve a request-for-proposal (RFP) award to procure weapons-detection equipment for high schools and certain large events.
Superintendent Shane McCord told the board the move is intended to add another layer of security for students and staff after several recent incidents in which students brought firearms onto campuses elsewhere in the region. The approved package includes 32 open-gate metal-detection columns, stabilization plates, seven rechargeable handheld wands, 100 steel crowd-control barriers, 25 retractable stanchions, 90 heavy-duty folding tables, 32 plastic sandwich-board signs, staff training at each campus and a cloud-management system to monitor devices districtwide.
The district's vendor proposal, presented in the meeting as School Specialty's offer, totals…
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