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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The video explains that students must remove laptops and binders from their backpacks, hand them to a staff member, then walk through the detector.

I can see jams at the door as students struggle to get their laptops and binders out. The video also had the laptop charging cord taken out, so I guess that needs to be removed as well?

The FAQ states that the system may be alerted by "3-ring binders, laptops, eyeglass cases, umbrellas, and metal lunchboxes or pencil cases." So do those come out as well? That's a lot of stuff to remove from your backpack to prevent triggering the device. I wonder how the system works with band instruments?

I get why this is being done, and it sucks that we're in this kind of position. I'd rather this than a school shooting. Still, my kid watched the video and said, "We're all going to be late to class if we have to dig through our backpack to get everything out, then put everything back in. And what if you hide a knife in your binder?"[/quote]

2700 kids through one foor eith all of this?

FCPS,better not deploy these during AP tests.[/quote]

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