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Parent tells board weapons have been found at Philip Simmons; asks for daily officer and missing weapon-screeners to be located
Summary
Kristen Scanlon told the board she is aware of two incidents involving firearms at Philip Simmons and said the district reportedly purchased 25 weapon screeners that are not in use at that school. She asked the board to provide at least one officer daily and requested follow-up to unanswered emails.
During the Aug. 18 public-comment period, parent Kristen Scanlon told the Berkeley County Board of Education she is 'sick' of not getting responses to safety concerns and described two incidents at Philip Simmons involving firearms. She said she heard the district had 'invested in 25 weapon screeners' but that they were not present at Philip Simmons and asked why the school did not have a dedicated officer at dismissal on the first day of school.
Scanlon said six friends of her…
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