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Board pulls staff-weapons and student-removal policies for revision; metal-detector rollout at E.C. Glass reported
Summary
Board members asked that a proposed staff-weapons policy be revised to follow Commonwealth guidance and requested clearer JFCA language for emergency classroom removals; the board removed both policies from the current action list and approved other VSBA updates. Superintendent reported a ‘relatively smooth’ first day of metal-detector implementation at E.C. Glass.
The Lynchburg City Schools board removed two VSBA policy updates from consideration and asked the policy work group to redraft them after board members raised concerns about scope and clarity.
A board member expressed alarm that the proposed staff-weapons language would prevent an employee from keeping a legally owned weapon secured in a locked vehicle on school property — a practice the Commonwealth of Virginia allows with proper storage — and said the policy as written could "impede someone's ability to protect themselves." The superintendent agreed…
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