LOUISVILLE (WHAS11) -- Recent school shootings, including one in Marshall County, are reminding Louisville mother Shannon Fauver why she believes metal detectors and additional security are necessary for JCPS schools.
“We have good schools here. I don't want my kid to have to worry about what's going to happen when they go every day,” Fauver told WHAS11 News.
Metal detectors were shot down in 2017 by JCPS Chief Operating Officer Dr. Michael Raisor.
"There's been talk of do we need metal detectors in our school, and right now, from my seat, and right now from their seat, we're going to say 'probably not,'" he said in front of the district’s board in January of 2017.
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Since then, Fauver said she and Dr. Raisor have talked about additional security measures for some schools.
“The schools that have been redone, they badge in, so you have to scan your badge in, and if the door is open very long, it sets off a camera and it sets off an alarm… but they really need to redo all of the schools to do that,” she explained.
At a meeting in front of JCPS Board members last January, Dr. Raisor suggested handheld wands on students and randomly selecting schools to undergo the security check.
JCPS Board Member Linda Duncan told WHAS11 News that she hadn't heard of those security checks actually happening. Fauver said she might have the answer why.
“[Dr. Raisor] and I talked about that, and one of the reasons I think they didn't institute it is because sometimes it causes more problems. If you're hand wanding kids, they may have pot on them, or they may have something else on them, and they're going to freak out and it's going to make it worse.”
Fauver said she'd like to see two sets of doors at each entrance of every school that locks if someone seems suspicious. She stands by her push for metal detectors on top of the additional security.
“I don't want to have to worry about they won't come home, is what it comes down to.”
Fauver told WHAS11 News that she has reached out to Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio and is hoping to sit down with him and discuss her concerns, and solutions.