Two loaded guns at high school in two days; district reacts
by Garth Meyer On back-to-back days, Monday and Tuesday at Redondo Union High School, students were arrested for taking a loaded handgun to school. The campus was closed Wednesday for a K-9 sweep for weapons and explosives and a review of law enforcement protocol. District administrators and police announced plans for new security measures when classes resume Thursday, Dec. 7, including metal detectors and bag searches until Winter Break. Meetings will be held over the holidays about long-term plans. “This is more than just an unsettling coincidence. It is an immediate call to action,” said Superintendent Nicole Wesley. The district received more than 350 questions before an online meeting Wednesday morning, and more during the presentation. The forum with Redondo Beach Police followed an intense scene Tuesday when parents converged at the school requesting to take their kids home. On Monday morning, after multiple students reported to RUHS administrators that a student had a gun, administrators went to a classroom, pulled the suspect out and led him to the office where Redondo Beach Police retrieved a loaded handgun from the student’s backpack, according to RUHS Principal Anthony…
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