By Addison Montoya
On the morning of March 28th, a Captain Shreve student brought a weapon to school. Later, that weapon was identified as an AR-15.
Neither the students nor the teachers were alerted. Many were not even aware of the situation until they saw it posted on social media. Some teachers did not have any knowledge this happened until the next week.
Parents were not made aware of the situation until 2 pm that day. Administrators were informed but the decision was never made to “lock down” or “shelter in place.” Before parents were told, three students were arrested.
Students voiced their concerns about how the gun got on campus, but they were even more concerned about how the administration informed the public of the situation. Parents and students found out from a Jcampus call.
School security is vital to the safety of each person on campus, both students and adults. Upon returning from the Easter break, the administration decided to use metal detectors and search every backpack and each student who entered the campus each day. However, all students must enter the campus through only two entrances, which is causing delays.
The daily searches have affected attendance and disrupted the first hour as many students are late to class because of the delays. Students are missing valuable class time in their first hour even if they are arriving at school on time because they are waiting in search lines. The searches take a while because of the process of searching every bag and backpack each morning.
Sophomore Sarah Maragret Foreman said, “it’s stupid because they should have metal detectors on both sides of the school for it to go faster.”
The senseless decision of one student to bring a weapon to school one morning is still affecting the first forty minutes of class every single day. Students should be able to go inside, walk through the metal detector, and be able to start their school day.