Use of metal detectors at high school is debated

18.05.12

Two students and their parents spoke out at a school board meeting Monday against the metal detectors recently put to use in the senior high school.

Before the meeting began, the board held a moment of silence in honor of 18-year-old Dallas High School student Thomas Lynch, of Harveys Lake, who died in a car accident early Monday morning.

Board President Catherine Wega said Lynch was an Eagle Scout who had already enlisted in the U.S. military, and planned to attend basic training in Fort Benning, Ga.

“He leaves a space in everyone’s heart…,” said Wega.

During the meeting, parents and students discussed the metal detectors at Dallas High School, which have been in use since Feb. 6.

Principal Jeffrey Shaffer said the system is randomized - all students walk through the detection system when entering the new building, but only some are scanned.

Paul Paci, of Dallas, whose daughter attends the school, said he disagrees with the notion that all students should have to pass through the metal detector because of the “poor choices” of other students.

Source: The Dallas Post