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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the world we live in we expect instant gratification. People, especially younger, don't know how to wait for things. Yes, there might be delays but as with anything new, there will be a transition time. I have heard from school staff and parents who are at schools who already have detectors, that it takes about a week or two for everyone to get used to them and then it moves quick. So why is everyone freaking out about our poor kids having to wait in line, instead of thinking of the bigger picture, now our kids will be safer![/quote]

Gatehouse is this you....my kid was constantly losing 30-45 minutes of instructional time in History class and he was there 20 mins early. Stop talking at people you sound dumb and like you are sitting behind a comfy desk trying to make it all seem ok.[/quote]

Nope I’m a parent like you with common sense. Are you talking about last year because of course they didn’t have a full fleet of metal detectors, they were testing it out. Highly doubt it took your son an hour to get through. [/quote]

6 netal detectors for approximately 3000 students is nowhere near a "full fleet" of metal detectors.

1 metal detector for [b]500[/b] students.

25 minutes to get through the metal detector and butts in the chair in class.

Every student must empty their backpacks and open their purses.

To achieve this with the handful of metal detectors FCPS hired, that comes to 20 students [b][i]per minute[/i][/b] required to get all 3000 students through the door and in their seats by the bell at 8:10 when the classrooms all close the doors and go on full lockdown.

Please explain how the math works for this "full fleet" of 6 metal detectors.
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I'm an upthread PP whose entire division uses [i]weapons[/i] (not "metal") detectors. If the kids scrub their backpacks of weapon-like objects (hence my comments on no 3-ring binders, metal/liquid filled water bottles, etc) and they take their laptops out and (literally) hold them over their head as they walk through the "detectors" -- they don't get set off and can walk thru at a normal pace and the line does move along. But the first few weeks have a steep learning curve for everyone (what they can/can't bring); they eventually back off on the tolerance level, and, yes, move certain kids along. Backpacks, lunchboxes, and personal items are "hand" searched only if the detectors go off. Our school has a total of four detectors -- one at the office, and three at the bus loop entrance for all ~2000 students. Faculty and staff does NOT get checked but all visitors do.

That said, our detectors stop sensing things a few inches above the ankle. Wanna guess what kind of stuff literally walks into school, in shoes?

Like I said, they are not making it safer; there are too many holes/inconsistencies. It is not a deterrent; it's just a PITA. They're checking off a box.

I wish they'd expend equal energy and effort to eliminate vaping in the bathrooms. So glad this is our family's last year in The System.[/quote]

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