Plans to install firearms detection systems in all of its middle and high schools—but not in its elementary schools—were recently approved by Gwinnett, the largest school district in the state.
In his comments to the board, Jackson Cavallaro, a second-grader at Buford’s Ivy Creek Elementary School, pointed out the distinction.
We will be protected from guns if you guys get weapons detectors, which will prevent guns from entering schools. Jackson, who turned 7 on Thursday, declared that none of us will suffer any harm.
Citing the Meadowcreek tragedy, Jackson’s father, Jeramie, also begged the board to install weapons detection devices.
He claimed that last week, that Meadowcreek child had the potential to kill someone. Or perhaps he committed suicide.
The school safety officers are a stopgap measure until we can onboard more school resource officers at certain elementary campuses, said to Tony Lockard, the chief of safety and security for the school system. It is legal for school resource officers to carry guns. According to the district’s website, they have been law enforcement officers in Gwinnett for at least five years.
