Hamilton County schools see increase in student weapon confiscations

April 1, 2023 at 12:00 p.m.

by La Shawn Pagán , Carmen Nesbitt

Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Brian Strickland, middle, helps his son Elijah, 14, as he fills out a job application at the Peach Cobbler Factory booth during a job fair at Brainerd High School on March 25. Looking on is Taniya Martin, 13, Elijah’s cousin.
Staff Photo by Matt Hamilton / Brian Strickland, middle, helps his son Elijah, 14, as he fills out a job application at the Peach Cobbler Factory booth during a job fair at Brainerd High School on March 25. Looking on is Taniya Martin, 13, Elijah’s cousin.

It was the Uvalde, Texas, school massacre in May — which took the lives of 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School — that prompted Hamilton County Schools, and school districts around the nation, to heighten security measures.

District and county officials made historic investments to ensure student safety, including $5...

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