School security experts discuss student safety ideas at North Texas seminar

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The school safety seminar comes less than a week after police say 17-year-old Ja'kerian Rhodes-Ewing was somehow able to get a gun through metal detectors at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Southeast Dallas and shot another student in in a classroom.

School safety and security were top of mind for dozens of school administrators and law enforcement personnel who attended a school safety seminar in Richardson Wednesday."As a matter of fact, myself and my police chief attending one of these sessions in the Houston area not long before our shooting went back and adjusted some of our plans," said retired Santa Fe ISD Superintendent Leigh Wall.Approximately 300 people attended the annual Region 10 ESC’s Safety 1st Conference.

The school safety seminar comes less than a week after police say 17-year-old Ja'kerian Rhodes-Ewing was somehow able to get a gun through metal detectors at Wilmer-Hutchins High School in Southeast Dallas and shot another student in the leg inside of a classroom.The Dallas ISD police chief was at the seminar but said he could not speak about the ongoing investigation.Craig Miller served as chief of police at Dallas ISD and is now retired.

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