Students at Gompers Elementary and Middle School on Detroit’s west side will return to classes Monday morning for the first time since a stabbing incident that closed the school for three days.
The school was closed Wednesday through Friday after an eighth-grade student stabbed a 14-year-old classmate. The alleged attacker’s mother was also arrested for reportedly giving her daughter the knife used in the incident.
Detroit Public Schools Community District has announced several new security measures that will be in place when students return:
- Security guards will increase from two to three
- A police officer will be stationed on-site
- Enhanced oversight of metal detector usage will be implemented
The district revealed that when the mother entered the school, a metal detector sounded but she was not searched by a security guard. That guard has since been removed from their position…