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Elementary schools in newport news and they're considering a rule to require students to bring only transparent backpacks to school. one security expert calls that security theater. >> the number one way we find out about weapons in schools is not from a metal detector but a kid who tells an adult that they trust. it's about relationships. >> reporter: we reached out to the school district for response for accusation that the district underreports disciplinary and to ask if superintendent george parker or anyone on the school board would resign. they didn't respond. >> thank you very much. and...

Students returning to richneck elementary school will walk through metal detectors. imagine that. the school has been closed since the shooting last week, and school officials say the student's backpack was searched on the day of that shooting, but that search turned up nothing. joining me now is kenneth trump, the president of the national school safety and security services. appreciate you joining us this morning, sir. look, the new metal detectors, of course, might give some parents a degree of comfort. it might be emotional but at the end of the day, you say metal detectors in schools don'...

Incidents, similar, elsewhere in society, are allegations of failures of people, policies, training, human factors, not of security hardware or equipment. i've been a witness in the nation's highest profile mass shootings and have yet to see that the allegations of failures go back to anything other than the human factor. parents understandably want something visible, tangible to point to to say schools are safer. administrators want to point to things as well to appease the community and release those tensions and stress. but if it doesn't really address the underlying problem, it's security ...

Future comes just a month before students in uvalde are expected to return to school. parents and students, understandably, still have questions and significant concerns about school safety in that district. so joining me now to discuss this is a national school safety expert. ken, thank you so much for being with us this morning. the school district has announced it could be making what they call enhancements going forward, among them new eight-foot-high fencing, locks for doors, upgrading access points, hiring additional officers and personnel. you talk about the term "security theater" whic...

Staff. there has to be a commitment of time and leadership to doing planning, preparing, and practicing, as much as there is a commitment of money to put out security theater, bells and whistles. >> there is a movement among parents and many in the community in uvalde to see the school police chief, pete arredondo, fired from his position. if they succeed in that, what would be the next step for the school distribute? district? >> there are due process requirements for people who have contracts that you legally have to go through. here are the issues. number one, i was shocked that the officer...