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Martinsville school system first in Virginia with full gunshot detection
An official with Martinsville City Public Schools said Monday that the school system received a $200,000 award to complete the project.
Credit: Evan Watson, 13News Now Author: Associated Press Updated: 1:00 PM EST December 16, 2020
MARTINSVILLE, Va. A public school system in Virginia will become the first school division in the state to have a gunshot detection system in all of their buildings.
An official with Martinsville City Public Schools said Monday that the school system received a $200,000 award to complete the project.
The official said last year that the school system received about $100,000 in funds from the state and other sources for the detection system. But it wasn’t enough for the job.
School system first in Virginia with full gunshot detection
December 16, 2020 GMT
MARTINSVILLE, Va. (AP) A public school system in Virginia recently received a $200,000 award, giving them all the funding they need to become the first school division in the state to have a gunshot detection system in all of their buildings.
T.J. Slaughter, Martinsville City Public Schools’ director of school safety and emergency management, announced the award Monday at a school board meeting, the Martinsville Bulletin reported.
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He had said in 2019 that the school system received about $100,000 in funds from the state and other sources. But it wasn’t enough for the job, Slaughter said, so Clearview Early Childhood Center didn’t get the detection system.