Reading School Board considering buying walk-through metal detectors

" he said"We'r go to have to talk next year..

The Read School Board is consid beef up district secur by bui six Walk Trough Metal Detector.

Half the detector would be us at Read High School and half at the new Citadel intermedi high school.

Russel A. DelRosario,A t a school board meet Mondai night. director of security, propos bui the six devic for $22,188 from New Jersey-bas Kodex Inc. He compar them to metal detector at airports.

DelRosario said the detector ar portabl and can be place in storag when not in use.

sai there have been issu with us handheld detector in the pastBoard member Karen H. McCree question how the detector would be used..

it wa about the feasibl of get them student in on time,"When we talk about us them before." she said.

student will be pull asid at random to pass through the machinesDelRosario said it would take far too long to have everi student go through a detector. Instead..

when the board will also vote on the district' 2010-11 budgetTh board will vote on whether to bui the metal detector at it meet Mondai night..

it will be the seventh consecut year the district did not rais the properti tax rateTh more than $224 million propos budget would hold the millag rate at 16.46. If passed..

But board member Jame Washington II caution that avoid tax hike in the futur might not be possible. He cite an upcom spike in how much school district will have to pai into the school employe retir fund.