Weapon detectors at all MS & HS this coming school year

[Anonymous]

Long overdue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The article states that guns and knives were found being brought to school in the final weeks of school.

People complaining about tardies and logistics.... What about the fact that weapons were caught with just a limited run of these metal detectors?

I mean, so what? (If that's even true. I'd like to see some proof.) Weapons also were NOT caught-swiss army knives went through.

Unless they are going to staff metal detectors at every entrance from 6 am when the staff start to arrive to 10 pm when community use ends---- this is just theater. Its not keeping anyone safer and its not preventing any weapons from coming into the building.

I doubt the focus is on stopping staff from bringing their metal forks in their Bento boxes for lunch. Staff don't need to go through the metal detectors.

[Anonymous]

A non staff person could enter the building along with the staff. The point is, if they arent running those machines all day long, there is no point to them at all. Anyone can get in st any time to hide a weapon in the school.

[Anonymous]

I grew up in the south. At our HS we had to wear clear backpacks and a random classroom visits from the AP with a metal detector wand sweeping everyone.

[Anonymous]

They need furry detectors

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article states that guns and knives were found being brought to school in the final weeks of school.

People complaining about tardies and logistics.... What about the fact that weapons were caught with just a limited run of these metal detectors?

Which schools?

[Anonymous]

I'm very suspicious of that claim. Which schools and exactly what was found?

[Anonymous]

Extremely reasonable to believe that a school shooter will queue up and politely wait in a long line for an hour outside the building
and then be "cuaght" by the metal detector during the one hour it is operational all day.

[Anonymous]

The article says they are in all middle and high schools in Prince William County. How do they make it work? Can't FCPS just copy what they do if it's successful there?

[Anonymous]

These detectors are solving a problem that doesn't exist, and creating new problems while wasting money that FCPS already says they don't have.

This is security theater at it's worst.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article states that guns and knives were found being brought to school in the final weeks of school.

People complaining about tardies and logistics.... What about the fact that weapons were caught with just a limited run of these metal detectors?

So what? Weapons are probably brought to school every day now. This won't stop a determined student from getting a weapon into school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article says they are in all middle and high schools in Prince William County. How do they make it work? Can't FCPS just copy what they do if it's successful there?

PWC high schools are usually a lot smaller population wise.

And, they don't work there either.
https://www.potomaclocal.com/2024/02/15/knife-found-on-student-sparks-concern-at-colgan-high-school/

[Anonymous]

PWC installed multiple scanners at each entrance, like 4-5 per door. FCPS has two total scanners per HS. I don't know if the scanners PWC is using requires students to take out their laptops first.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The article says they are in all middle and high schools in Prince William County. How do they make it work? Can't FCPS just copy what they do if it's successful there?

Who said it was successful?

[Anonymous]

Something feels seriously wrong when there are people more worried about tardies than about weapons in schools.

I'll be honest, I don't want weapons detectors at the entrance to schools, but what other actions would you like to propose? Thoughts and prayers don't seem to be working well.