NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Metro Nashville Public School Board has unanimously approved the installation of weapons detection systems in every middle school across the district, expanding security measures that are already in place at all high schools.

The school board voted to implement the same Evolv technology currently scanning high school students, which was installed following the tragic Antioch High School shooting in January. During that incident, a 16-year-old opened fire in the cafeteria, killing one student and injuring another.

"Our most vulnerable and our most innocent, we have to go through this process to protect our own children," Chair Freda Player said.

The Evolv system uses artificial intelligence to identify possible threats and differs from traditional metal dete

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