KALAMAZOO, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Next Monday will be the first day of school, and Kalamazoo Public Schools superintendent Darrin Slade says they will be reviewing their security protocols after the fall semester begins.
For the first time, the district will be using weapons detectors at the entrances of middle and high schools to screen everyone who enters.
They already have tight protocols for screening adults who enter the buildings, requiring they check in at the office, and present I.D.
The restrictions are even tighter for police and government officials, who must have a valid warrant before talking with or detaining any student or staff member.
That would include immigration officials, now that President Trump has removed restrictions that prevented ICE agents from conducting raids at sensitive locations, including schools, churches and hospitals.
Local anti-ICE advocates Shonna Espinosa and Pearl Brown called on school officials to go even further at their last meeting and declare “sanctuary status,” even if the district loses its federal funding.
KPS trustees did not immediately comment on their request, but other local officials say taking such an action would just “put a target on our backs.”
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