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Walk-through metal detectors and clear backpacks have made news as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools reacts to guns and violence. At Hopewell High, the community has rallied with its own responses, including parents patrolling halls, a "Zen Den" for teens to calm down and body scanners to check for guns.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools has trained students to use the Say Something anonymous reporting system and has a warehouse full of clear backpacks ready to hand out. It's part of an effort to counteract a record number of guns in schools.
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One day after a school shooting broke the record for guns at Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools, Superintendent Earnest Winston adds some details to his plan for action.
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Police say a student fired at least one shot on the ground of West Charlotte High Monday afternoon. It ratchets up safety concerns as Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools sets a record for guns on campuses.
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In a year that opened with two school shootings, North Carolina officials and national anti-violence experts spoke to a safe schools task force about reducing gun violence.
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North Carolina's House Education Committee took up a bill Tuesday that would mandate threat assessment teams in every public school and encourage them in private schools.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is one of two North Carolina districts with its own police force, and before the coronavirus, CMS beefed staffing up to 23 officers … or 25, depending on how you define it. Yep, two are dogs.
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Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools will get a $475,000 refund from the vendor for a panic alarm system that Superintendent Earnest Winston says never worked well.
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Updated 6:29 p.m.Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools is suing an Atlanta company that sold a panic-alarm system that the district says doesn't work. The suit…
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Gun possession in Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools spiked to 22 cases in 13 schools last school year, according to a report presented to the state Board of…