CMS student claims district's security plan isn't working days after gun found on campus

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — A CMS student at Ardrey Kell High says the district’s new security plan to randomly check students for weapons isn’t keeping students safe.

Junior Luke Drago has been advocating for safer schools since a student was killed in a shooting in Butler High School's main hallway last year.

The district's new security screenings began in January but earlier this week a gun was found on a student at Myers Park High and a threat was also written in a bathroom at Ardrey Kell High.

Drago thinks those cases show the district’s random screenings aren’t working.

“The metal detector policy that CMS has right now does not work because students know the day after they’re searched no one is looking,” he explained.

Drago thinks the only way to truly make schools safer is to use metal detectors at every school every day.

He has already voiced his concerns to the school board and he says he will continue to advocate for stricter policies.

CMS considered using metal detectors every day but ended up rejecting the idea.

Instead, the district chose to screen students at randomly selected schools.

The screenings utilize portable metal detectors, bag searches and security wanding.

They can also take place in a single classroom, a single building on campus or throughout an entire school.

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