High school adds metal detectors, bag searches

BROCKTON (CBS) – Brockton High School students had a agelong hold successful the rainfall Monday to commencement their day, present that they person to spell done metallic detectors erstwhile they get for classes.

It’s 1 of respective added information measures that started Monday aft immoderate concerning incidents astatine the schoolhouse successful the past month. In 1 case, a pupil was arrested for bringing a weapon to schoolhouse connected October 8 and successful another, a threatening societal media station prompted a “stay successful place” bid last Friday.

As a effect of a caller information program developed with constabulary implicit the weekend, students and visitors each present person to walk done metallic detectors connected their mode into their designated buildings.

All bags volition beryllium subjected to a hunt and students tin present lone transportation bags the size of their laptops oregon smaller. They volition not beryllium allowed to instrumentality backpacks oregon duffel bags astir from people to class.

If those are needed for circumstantial reasons, they’ll person to beryllium dropped disconnected astatine designated locations. The aforesaid goes for larger bags needed for sports oregon to transport euphony instruments.

Many students were seen walking with their books and binders successful manus Monday. Some parents told WBZ-TV they’re upset astir the precocious announcement connected the backpack change, sent retired successful an automated telephone Sunday evening.

“Every time is thing new. You get a telephone telephone each day. I don’t cognize what’s going connected honestly,” said genitor Lenise Ferzinanz. “Metal detector is fine, but the backpack I deliberation is overacting.”

Lines were agelong getting into schoolhouse arsenic students were forced to hold successful the rainfall arsenic everyone passed done the information checks. Ayla Santos dropped disconnected her girl arsenic students began lining up successful the rainfall earlier 7 a.m. Some were inactive extracurricular hours later.

“I went to Brockton High,” Santos said. “I lived successful Brockton my full life, truthful for me, this is perfectly bonkers. I’ve ne'er experienced this, ever.”

“I get the metallic detectors. I don’t recognize wherefore they’re punishing the students that aren’t doing thing wrong. So present my girl has to transportation a purse and a backpack arsenic an jock and anticipation they don’t bargain her bag, that she doesn’t suffer anything. And that she doesn’t get backmost problems,” she told WBZ-TV.

“For maine to beryllium getting these telephone calls and person to perpetually interest astir wherever she is, our school, our territory is amended than that. We person done amended than that and I bash judge we tin bash amended than that. It’s conscionable that they’re acting retired of fearfulness close present alternatively of acting retired of however champion tin we service the children that we person successful present successful a mode that’s not going to traumatize them astatine the extremity of the day.”

“It pains maine that these caller measures are necessary, nevertheless aft consulting staff, students and families we consciousness that this is what is needed to marque our assemblage consciousness safe,” Principal Cynthia Burns said successful a statement.

“Right now, we request each bully thought to beryllium brought to the table. I look guardant to proceeding from our parents and guardians aboriginal this week astatine a gathering I americium planning.”

“We privation to convey our pupil colonisation for their unthinkable patience this greeting arsenic the precocious schoolhouse rolled retired its caller information measures. As with immoderate caller process, we volition get amended and much businesslike each day,” said Brockton Public Schools spokesperson Jess Silva-Hodges.

“We’d similar to punctual our students that rainfall is successful the forecast this week and that they should beryllium prepared with weather-appropriate attire. Principal Burns and her enactment squad are actively reviewing this morning’s roll-out and identifying ways to velocity up the process. Families should expect a follow-up connection from the precocious schoolhouse aboriginal today.”

CBSBoston.com Staff