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Board weighs $800,000 weapons-detection placeholder; staff to demo vendors
Summary
Talbot County schools inserted an $800,000 placeholder to evaluate weapons-detection systems for secondary campuses; staff cited Dorchester County pricing (~$100,000 per entry path) and will schedule vendor demonstrations with the sheriff's office before refining costs and scope.
Board members and staff on Feb. 9 discussed a staff proposal to include a placeholder of $800,000 in the FY27 request to fund a weapons-detection system at secondary campuses and to evaluate vendor options.
"We've put in a placeholder of $800,000," said missus Jones, who said an internal group including Mister Schafer will meet the Talbot County Sheriff’s Department and vendors for demonstrations and evaluation. A staff member who has researched the…
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