School Safety

Two years ago, Charlotte-Mecklenburg School set a record with 29 guns reported on its campuses. But over the past year, CMS has dropped that total to six, according to the latest state report on crime and violence. The state overall has seen an increase in guns reported in schools.

Bruce Johnson was dismayed when he learned that his 14-year-old son was facing suspension for trying to report a sexually inappropriate Snapchat message to a teacher at Mooresville Middle School.

When police descended on Charlotte-Mecklenburg's Ardrey Kell High last week, it was an example of what North Carolina officials say is a troubling trend: False reports of school shootings and other threats are on the rise.

At a back-to-school safety summit, North Carolina officials talk about the need to balance safeguards against school shootings with responses to the more common safety threats: bullying, suicide and even hoaxes and swatting.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will expand the use of walk-through weapon detectors to middle and K-8 schools after putting them into most high schools, Interim Superintendent Hugh Hattabaugh said Friday.

Almost 46,000 clear backpacks that Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools bought but decided not to use went up for auction Friday. Starting bid is $50,000.

The Charlotte-Mecklenburg school board voted Tuesday to send $442,000 worth of clear backpacks to a surplus auction. The interim superintendent says he doubts the warning labels that sparked concern indicate real danger.

Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will vote Tuesday on selling 46,000 clear book bags, which the district spent $442,000 to buy, at a surplus property auction.

Two more guns have been confiscated from students in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools as the school year winds to a close. That makes 30 so far this year, breaking a previous record of 22 in a full school year.

In the wake of a school shooting in Texas, North Carolina legislators get a report on anonymous threat reporting, threat assessment training and other school safety efforts.