Trustee Confirms! Failure in Bag Inspection as Student Smuggles Gun Through Wilmer-Hutchins Metal Detectors

DALLAS – Dallas ISD stated that a student’s purported ability to carry a gun on the Wilmer-Hutchins High School campus was due to an ambiguous and undefined disregard for safety procedures.

According to the police, earlier this month, a student shot and hurt a fellow student within the school. The suspect managed to evade the school’s metal detector.

If the district had the right number of employees, it wouldn’t say so. However, officials acknowledged that ensuring there were adequate personnel present for student arrivals and dismissals was one of the safety precautions they implemented following the incident.

Maxie Johnson, a trustee for the DISD, told FOX 4 that he learned of the new information during the school board meeting on Thursday night. He claims that the administration wanted to conduct a comprehensive inquiry because they were processing so many different accounts.

Ja’kerian Rhodes-Ewing, 17, was shot inside Wilmer-Hutchins High School two weeks ago. According to the school trustee, workers failed to properly examine Rhodes-Ewing’s bag.

Clear backpacks are required by the district. The metal detectors at Wilmer-Hutchins.

According to Trustee Johnson, the failure of the metal detectors on April 12 was caused by staff members who did not adhere to established procedures, as FOX 4 reported on Friday.

“Metal detectors were functional. Everything operated as it should have “he said. “There was no technical issue with the equipment at all. This is only an example of how the administration and board of trustees’ safety protocols were not observed on campus.”

In a statement issued on Friday, the district stated that an investigation had shown that the weapon had been brought into the school during the late entrance procedure, when “several safety protocols were not strictly followed.”

According to investigators, the 17-year-old shot a different youngster in the leg later in the school day.

How the accused got the pistol is still a mystery.

The Dallas ISD indicated that additional safety measures had been implemented in the days after the massacre, but it provided no specifics.

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DISD said on Friday that it has expanded staffing levels for district-wide arrival and dismissals. All employees are also receiving new training on metal detectors, wands, and backpack searches.

Johnson claims to comprehend why parents continue to feel irritated.

“They are quite entitled to be upset. They are perfectly entitled to voice their emotions,” he remarked. “In one of our schools, a gun was found. It took us all by surprise.”

A few parents faced the school board on Thursday night.

Parents told Wilmer-Hutchins administration that they saw pupils entering the building uninvited and that there weren’t enough staff members to man the metal detectors.

“When the metal detector goes off, you guys are letting the kids pass through it.” No officers are present to check baggage,” the parent remarked.

Speaking on Thursday night, representatives of the American Federation of Teachers expressed their ire at Wilmer-Hutchins teachers who had been placed on administrative leave for participating in the high school walkout in the days that followed the massacre.

Regarding the matter, the district has remained silent.

Rhodes-Ewing faces charges of unlawfully bringing a weapon into a forbidden area and assault with a deadly weapon.