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Willis High Adds Metal Detectors After Second Gun Was Found This School Year

School officials say the new screening is intended to reduce the chance of weapons on campus.

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Two Willis High students were detained after bomb statements, one day after a loaded gun was found on campus and security measures expanded. Increased law enforcement presence was at Willis High after an incident on Monday involving a loaded gun found on campus.

Overview

  • Staff discovered a loaded gun inside a student’s backpack on Monday, and school resource officers detained the juvenile who was taken to the Montgomery County juvenile detention center.
  • The Sept. 21 incident is the second confirmed firearm on campus this school year following an Aug. 26 backpack discovery and other August reports of a classroom threat and circulating images.
  • Willis ISD began daily metal-detector screening and backpack searches on Tuesday and ran K-9 explosives sweeps while announcing a planned shift to clear backpacks in the coming weeks.
  • The Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office added deputies and said it will increase patrols for the week as parents pressed the district with petitions and some families considered removing students from the school.
  • District officials said investigations and school-discipline or juvenile-court actions are ongoing, counseling support is being offered to students, and the district has not decided whether the heightened measures will be permanent.