In September, Flagler Palm Coast High School parent Katherine Cheek learned just how quickly a situation at school can escalate.
“There was a young man that had a gun at school in the halls with our kids all day. And it escalated off campus after school at the McDonald’s next door, where he pulled it on another student in the bathroom there,” Cheek said.
The Flagler County Sheriff’s Office said the 15-year-old student was arrested.
Cheek said the incident highlights the need for stronger safety measures in schools.
“We need weapons detecting of some sort. Metal detectors is kind of my baseline starting point. I know it’s not a perfect fix or a fix-all, but it’s something rather than nothing that we have right now,” she said.
To address safety concerns, the school district, working wit