Garinger, Rocky River First Two CMS High Schools To Undergo Safety Screenings
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Last week, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools announced it would begin implementing safety screenings in schools.
The safety updates come after a student fatally shot a classmate during a fight at Butler High School in October.
Garinger High School and Rocky River High School were the first two schools to be screened.
CMS sent out information regarding the screenings. Below is the breakdown.
Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools conducted eight random classroom safety screenings at Garinger High School and Rocky River High School this morning between 7:15 am and 8:15 am.
No weapons were found and the screenings proceeded without incident.
Garinger High School and Rocky River High School were selected by random drawing on Monday, Jan. 28. Classrooms screened within each school were selected by random drawing.
No individual students were selected for screening.
Parents at each school were notified at the start of screening and conclusion of screenings with the below messages.
START OF SAFETY SCREENING MESSAGE FROM PRINCIPAL TO FAMILIES
(SCHOOL NAME) families,
This is Principal (NAME) calling to let you know that a safety screening is being conducted today on our campus to help keep weapons out of our school. All students and staff at our school are safe. Today’s screening is only a precaution – there is no threat, no emergency and no cause for concern at this time. This screening is very similar to screenings all of us participate in before entering football games and other school special events. I will update you at the end of the day and appreciate your support of (SCHOOL NAME).
AFTER SAFETY SCREENING COMPLETED FROM PRINCIPAL TO FAMILIES
(SCHOOL NAME) families,
This is Principal (NAME) calling to let you know that a safety screening was conducted today on our campus to help keep weapons out of our school. Today’s screening was a precaution only – there was no threat or emergency. All students and staff at our school are safe. Today’s safety screening was very similar to screenings we all participate in before entering football games and other school special events. Our staff, parents and students all wish safety screenings were not needed, but weapons must not be in our schools. I am happy to share that no weapons were found during today’s safety screening and classes were only minimally disrupted today. Please talk to your students and remind them that weapons have no place at school. Thank you for your support of (SCHOOL NAME).
