CAPITAL REGION, N.Y. ( NEWS10 ) — After weeks of public comment, the Schenectady Board of Education approved a resolution to provide weapon detection measures for the district’s schools. NEWS10 spoke with a Capital Region School District already implementing enhanced safety measures to find out how things are going.
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“I think it’s evident that we’re not going to be able to make everybody happy in a situation, and we all can agree on that,” said Schenectady City School District Board of Education Member, Alexandria Carver.
In a six to one vote the board of education in Schenectady is ready to move forward with weapons detection and enhanced safety measures throughout the district. There have been multiple fights this school year, two injured students had to be treated at the hospital after one incident.
“It’s a little bit ridiculous at this point. There shouldn’t have been so many incidents happening every year and it escalates more and more,” said Claire Morales.