Security at Gompers Elementary-Middle School will be ramped up for the remainder of the school year after an eighth grader stabbed another girl in front of a classroom full of students, officials said.
The Detroit Public Schools Community District will increase the number of security guards from two to three and add a police officer at the school, as well as monitor the effective use of metal detectors at all of its schools moving forward, Superintendent Nikolai Vitti said during a virtual meeting with parents and community members Thursday evening.
Parents expressed concerns about security and the school’s handling of reported tension between the two students leading up to the stabbing. Some asked why the district did not immediately notify parents of what happened or close the school for the remainder of the day. One parent said they found out about the incident from their child, who was “traumatized,” when they picked him up from school…