![]() This is about safety.”ĭistrict officials hope the backpack ban will prevent students from bringing unsafe items, including weapons, to school.įOX 17 talked with Tajon Parks who has two sons at Dickinson Elementary. “I think it’s important that I acknowledge that it might cause some inconvenience for families and that is not the intent. “A backpack ban and that is a drastic step but we think it’s a necessary step because we want to ensure the safety of not only our scholars but our staff and our community,” GRPS Superintendent Leadriane Roby said Wednesday during a press conference. Then, in January, a 13-year-old was arrested for bringing a loaded handgun to Burton Middle.īurton Elementary and Middle School now have metal detectors at the entrance. ![]() Chávez Elementary SchoolĪ Burton Middle School student was found with an unloaded handgun last October. READ MORE: Gun pulled from student at César E. That gun found at César Chávez was not loaded, and the student did not have ammunition, nor did they make any threats. “Adults in Grand Rapids, we really have to understand, like, take gun safety seriously. I would think that the press that we had around a seven-year-old walking into a school with a gun would have been enough that people would have seen that and be like, ‘wow,’” GRPD Chief Eric Winstrom said Wednesday. Just one week prior, a seven-year-old brought a gun to César E. READ MORE: Backpacks banned from GRPS after loaded gun found on 3rd grader GRPS says a third grader had a loaded gun in their backpack Wednesday at Stocking Elementary School. His mother discovered the gun during a search of the family’s home.This is the fourth time GRPS staff found a gun on a student during the 2022-2023 school year. Last week, a 13-year-old Deltona boy was charged in a series of car break-ins that included another theft of a handgun. The student is the second juvenile defendant in Deltona recently arrested in a case involving a stolen gun. He indicated he thought his vehicle was locked, but wasn’t sure, and there were no signs of forced entry to the vehicle. ![]() The owner told deputies he discovered it missing from his vehicle’s glove box on May 5. The gun is believed to be a 9mm firearm stolen during a recent car burglary in Deltona. When confronted by deputies, he admitted to recording the video in the restroom but said it was recorded in the past. In the video, the boy pointed a handgun at the camera, removed the magazine, and showed that it contained at least one round of ammunition. More: Student arrested for viral school shooting post that caused panic across Florida, nationįlagler sheriff: 10-year-old arrested for bringing Airsoft gun to schoolĪccording to the sheriff's office, deputies were notified of the Instagram video Tuesday night and identified the accused and another student in a video that appeared to take place in a Galaxy Middle School boys’ restroom. ![]() School-shooting threats: Where does Florida rank in cost to taxpayers? The 15-year-old student, of Deltona, is charged with possession of a firearm on school property which is a felony. A student at Galaxy Middle School in Deltona has been charged with bringing a gun on campus, which was discovered when he posted an Instagram video showing off the gun inside a school bathroom, according to the Volusia Sheriff's Office. ![]()
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