Culpeper school board authorizes purchase of mobile weapons-detection units for high schools

The Culpeper County School Board on Nov. 11 authorized the superintendent to access the CCPS School Capital Fund (School Safety Grant Category) to purchase a mobile weapons-detection system for each high school and begin a deployment rollout recommended by the School Division Safety Committee.

Board member Kelley Pearson moved the authorization; Elizabeth Smith seconded. The motion carried unanimously with votes recorded for Patricia Baker, Barbara Brown (chair), Christina Burnett, Elizabeth Hutchins, Kelley Pearson and Elizabeth Smith.

The agenda item directs the superintendent to use funds in the designated School Safety Grant category of the division’s School Capital Fund to acquire mobile detection equipment for each high school. The board record does not specify the vendor, procurement timeline, or the total estimated cost; those details will be determined during procurement and post-award administrative steps.

The action follows the division’s safety-committee recommendation and is recorded as an administrative purchase authorization rather than formal adoption of a specific model or vendor. Implementation steps, roll-out timing, training and operational protocols were not described in the meeting record and remain to be set by staff.

Next steps: the superintendent is authorized to proceed with accessing the designated capital funds and the division will need to publish procurement and implementation details when they are available.