5/15/25 - Chesterfield School Board votes to install metal detectors in middle, high schools

The new tech in Chesterfield schools will cost $2.8 million. The county's decision comes after a January pilot project at Meadowbrook High and Robious Elementary where students had to walk through metal detectors over two days.

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