TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands, CMC—Training Minister Sharie de Castro has introduced plans to introduce metallic detectors at a neighborhood highschool, Elmore Stoutt Excessive Faculty (ESHS), as a part of enhanced safety measures.
Throughout a press convention on Tuesday, marking the beginning of Training Month, de Castro acknowledged that whereas the ministry is assessing the necessity for extra safety personnel, steps are already underway to obtain metallic detectors.
“We’re presently engaged on buying metallic detectors and anticipate to have them in place this yr.”
She additionally mentioned broader safety measures are wanted past metallic detectors.
“The problem at ESHS goes past simply metallic detectors. We have to enclose the varsity correctly. We’ve got already put sure tasks out to tender to finalize the perimeter wall, guaranteeing that the varsity infrastructure is secured and stopping unauthorized people, weapons, or medication from coming into the campus,” de Castro defined.
She additional revealed plans to broaden surveillance protection by putting in further safety cameras across the faculty’s perimeter and equipping safety personnel with improved monitoring know-how.
“We have already got cameras, however there are blind spots the place college students have interaction in unlucky misbehavior. Extra cameras are wanted to get rid of these gaps,” she added.
The push for heightened safety follows ongoing considerations about scholar conduct at ESHS, with stories of scholars bringing weapons to high school and fascinating in drug use, together with sex-enhancement medication.
In response, the varsity has carried out a brand new coverage of rapid suspensions for college students discovered with contraband objects on campus.
The ministry continues to induce the broader group to help in addressing the challenges of troubled college students, reinforcing that faculty safety is a shared duty.
