SALISBURY, N.C. — During a work session on Monday, Rowan-Salisbury school district leaders discussed increasing security enhancements in their schools.
Last month, the school district started doing random metal detector checks. Now they’re looking to increase those safety measures by bringing twelve new metal detectors to school campuses.
"The twelve metal detectors would be one per high school, one per middle school," a school representative said.
The district said right now they have to rotate their supply of metal detectors from one school to another based on need. District leaders say the new ones would enhance safety and allow more flexibility.
"The stability of them ... they're a little better than the one we previously purchased because the old ones are not as mobile," a school representative said.
"These will be additionally used for large games you can have multiple you wouldn’t have to go to a middle school and grab another," a board member said. "We solicited quotes from three vendors to purchase open gate metal detectors from our schools."
More metal detectors would also save time when doing random searches and backpack checks, an enhanced safety measure the district started last month.
RSS was awarded a school safety grant of more than $386,000 which helped obtain their first metal detectors. The additional twelve will cost more than $225,000.
It is a proactive measure district leaders are hoping will get the green light sooner rather than later.
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