HEMPFIELD AREA SCHOOL LEADERS PLAN TO INSTALL WEAPONS SCANNERS AT ELEMENTARY BUILDINGS

Leaders with Hempfield Area Schools are planning to install weapons scanners at the district’s elementary buildings.  The school board unanimously approved an investment of over 120-thousand dollars for the devices last night.  Fort Allen, Maxwell, Stanwood, West Hempfield, and West Point elementaries are all getting one scanner each.  Superintendent Mark Holtzman says the systems will be introduced to students gradually.