Gloucester County Public Schools will implement universal screening at each school building beginning this fall, but this will not be in place for the first day of school.
“Every building will have entry screening equipment,” said Deputy Superintendent Bryan Hartley.
The Gloucester County School Board approved the use of weapons detection systems and metal detectors for entry in each school during the board’s May meeting, as recommended by division leadership.
The division was able to purchase 12 weapons detection systems with the district’s approximately $325,000 security grant to supplement the division’s existing metal detectors and wands.
Director of School Safety & Health Services Lisa Jones, MSN, RN, NCSN, said school staff will begin training with the equipment in September and the division hopes to have the systems in use at all schools by the end of October.School staff will help students move through the entry screening equipment each morning and will help remind students...