Eighty-eight of the city’s roughly 1,300 school buildings have metal detectors that are used either full time or part time. At a news conference with police and school officials, Mayor Bill de Blasio said the death had shaken him and many others in the community and the city government. “It’s unacceptable to ever lose a child to violence inside a school building,” the mayor said. Police officials said on Wednesday that metal detectors could have prevented the violence at the Wildlife Conservation school. But some advocates argue that metal detectors create a negative environment and make students feel as though they are under suspicion.

Source: New York Times September 27, 2017 16:57 UTC