Expect more diligent searches at schools this fall as LA Unified officials push principals to meet their daily requirement of metal detector scans of students and random searches of lockers for knives, guns, or drugs.
An internal report revealed that some schools are still not doing the mandatory searches of students that the district requires, so district officials said they will put renewed urgency on the practice — which is strongly opposed by many community groups and charter schools.
“We need to remind principals of the requirements of these policies,” said Darneika Watson, the new executive director for the Division of Operations, who will be responsible for making sure the schools comply with the random searches. “We have had a significant drop in expulsions and suspensions, and it may be in part because of what the searches are communicating, and our work with restorative justice, it may all go hand in hand.”
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