Good Afternoon, Students and DCPS Families,
The OPENGATE Weapon Detection Devices will be installed and operational at each of our Ridgeview schools on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
We ask you and our students to be aware that the following items will cause the weapon detection device to be set off which will result in book bags and personal belongings to be searched: Please see the attached slide. Students will be given instructions at school as to how to walk through OPENGATE device if these items are stored in bookbags or personal belongings.
The items are:
Chromebooks
Three-Ring Binders
Umbrellas
Cases for Sunglasses
Binoculars
Can goods
Medical devices, such as listed in the attached slide below, will not set off the detection device. Insulin pumps, devices associated with insulin and insulin medications will not set the detection device off.
Thank you again for your help and consideration as these devices are installed in each of our schools to help make our schools safer for students and staff.
Again, the OPENGATE Weapon Detection Devices will be operational at each of our Ridgeview schools on Tuesday, January 28, 2025.
Kindest regards,
Haydee L.Robinson
