A student at Strongsville High School was discovered to have brought a firearm onto campus last Friday. In an email sent out to families and district parents, Superintendent Dr. Cameron M. Ryba stated that the school received a report about a possible firearm on school grounds. The school’s administration and its School Resource Officer (SRO) swiftly located a firearm and an Airsoft gun, plus separate ammunition within a vehicle parked on school property, as Cleveland 19 reported.
Dr. Ryba’s letter, detailed by WKYC, revealed that these items were believed to have been inside the high school, in the offending student’s backpack, for approximately 20 minutes before being discovered. The superintendent stressed that the situation was handled promptly, emphasizing that while “situations like this are unsettling,” there is some degree of reassurance to be found in “knowing that our safety procedures worked as intended.” Despite the brief period during which the items were on campus, no lockdown was reported to have occurred at the time of the incident.
The student involved was removed from campus and is set to face disciplinary actions in accordance with the school’s Student Code of Conduct. In addition, the Strongsville Police Department is leading a criminal investigation to address the matter through the legal process, as stated in a release mentioned by News 5 Cleveland…