As Jefferson County Public Schools (JCPS) Superintendent Dr. Marty Pollio weighs his options for a plan to potentially bring metal detectors to schools, alternative programs like Breckinridge Metropolitan High School already have them in place — albeit under different circumstances.
That’s where Kumar Rashad teaches juniors and seniors who have faced a variety of obstacles in their young lives.
“Kids have to take their shoes off, they may have to empty their pockets every morning,” he said. “Most of the students who I interact with are here for gun charges [or] guns brought to school.”
