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A Mesa high school installed a weapons detector. Within 20 minutes, a gun was found in a student's backpack.
PHOENIX — In the wake of a rash of threats and lockdowns at schools across Arizona, schools are implementing safety tools to ensure student safety. Though recent threats have luckily turned out to be empty, the I-Team found at least 114 guns have made their way onto school campuses in Maricopa County since 2019. That number only reflects the 20 largest school districts in Maricopa County so the total number for the entire county is likely much higher. The state is currently not tracking firearm seizures in schools so the I-Team obtained the data through a public records request.
The final whistle has blown on another week of high school football in Arizona! Watch all of the highlights from Week 6 of Friday Night Fever here.
PHOENIX — The calendar has flipped to October, which means we have entered the second half of the high school football regular season here in Arizona and we are just days away from seeing the first rankings for the Open Division, 6A, 5A, and 4A. This week was also...
Arizona schools and lawmakers consider classroom cellphone bans
Arizona is among the states that have taken steps to ban or restrict cellphone use in schools, but Gov. Katie Hobbs has made clear she wants individual school districts — not the state — to have the final say on phone usage. Why it matters: Cellphones are addictive,...
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