All Broward high schools would have walk-through metal detectors this fall, under a proposal the School Board agreed to fast-track Tuesday. The district announced plans in February to pilot weapons-detection systems in about 10 schools during the 2024-25 school year,

Instead of slowly rolling out metal detectors to all of its high schools in years to come as previously planned, the Broward School Board decided Tuesday to aggressively target all high schools by the end of the fall semester.

The board has decided to accelerate its security plan and install detectors in all its 32 high schools by the end of the fall semester.

The Broward School Board directed the new superintendent Tuesday to come up with a plan to put metal detectors at all 31 Broward High schools in the fall.

Broward County public school students should expect to undergo random searches utilizing handheld metal detectors as part of the district’s comprehensive safety measures aimed at protecting students and staff on campus.

Walk-through weapons detectors are coming to every public high school in Broward County next school year. They already use hand-held metal detectors to conduct random searches, and we’ve known for months that the walk-through detectors would be tested at 10 high schools in the 2024-25 school year.