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Caswell board reviews metal-detector policy, stops short of immediate mandate
Summary
Board members debated uniform use, staffing and procedures for metal detectors at all district schools and asked staff to return with a revised policy and implementation plan.
Caswell County Board of Education members spent significant time Tuesday discussing revisions to the district's metal-detector policy and how to operationalize detectors across elementary, middle and high schools.
The board heard a staff recommendation for a policy revision and an accompanying procedure to guide realistic, rights-respecting use of detectors based on resources, scheduled events and reasonable suspicion. The draft would add more specific wording to existing policies (4342 and 5020, as cited in the meeting) and add a non-policy procedure describing signage, staff training, alarm response, periodic equipment checks and…
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