Superintendent decodes “misleading” claims in connection with the examination of records for the device

The top administrator of Township High School District 113 condemned what she described as “misleading and false information”, which was presented during the public comment part of the February meeting of the education committee, which almost immediately followed the announcement of “serious incidents” at two local schools.

Superintendent Dr. Chala Holland blamed the public comments from Highland Park and lawyer Suzanne Wahl during the committee of the board of the board of the board. The meeting in which choice dealt with the members of the school board only occurred hours after Highland Park City and school officers announced that they examined “illegal” records in bathing rooms at the Edgewood Middle School and the Highland Park High School. As reported by The data record.

Additionally, The data record In his reporting in detail that a youthful student reported reportedly to plant a video ref have discovered that a school member discovered at HPHS.

After it has been found, the police investigators reportedly discovered evidence of several records with adults and adolescents at HPHS and EDGEWOOD. City officials have not reported when the device was found or how far the recordings return.

Holland addressed the municipality during the subsequent meeting of the board of directors on February 25 to clarify what it described as “deliberate decisions on the spread of misinformation”.

“Although I understand that there are strong positions and feelings in relation to our security measures that we have, are deliberate decisions to spread misinformation by making connections between non -related events, very misleading and disturbs the board of the board to do its business transparently and comprehensively,” said Holland.

The comments in the center of Holland's refutation included allegations about the student and how the device was placed, with the protocol of the high school responsible for its weapon tectors.

Holland, who did not directly mention one of the public commentators at the session of February 11, said the comments are a “attempt to manipulate the message and an attempt to use the moment for another reason: an agenda”.

“While I realized that the reported behavior of the video recording in a toilet was of great importance, it was inaccurate and inappropriate to combine the misconduct with our weapons detections,” said Holland later and then added that “the truth is a rare and unpredictable event.”

Holland also said that there is “no evidence that a tool was brought into the building”. According to Holland, a “pencil or a device” was likely to be used in the incidents and this was not something that would have been recognized by a weapon detection system.

Holland's remarks at the meeting were a statement by the President of the Board of Directors Anne Neumann.

“Basically, our work as a board is about listening.” We appreciate the participation of the public and at the same time take the community input.

Enrique Perez, a parent with two children at Highland Park High School, also spoke to the board during the session on February 11th.

Perez and choice before Co -founded parents to secure our schoolsA local interest group that urged district officials to change and improve security measures in Deerfield and Highland Park High Schools Gun was brought to HPHS in 2023.

Arms were presented in Highland Park and Deerfield High Schools to start the school year 2023-24, just a few months after the incident, which led to a school-wide block, and led to the public outcry and the parents' campaign to promote more security measures.

District 113 officials announced at the beginning of this year that this was the case Change of security proceduresPresent The data record reported.

Instead of students at a school entrance, which drives through the weapons recognition system, pupils who enter all school entrances – three at each high school – are selected according to the random principle in order to be checked by the weapon tectors.

The school authority of District 113 will meet next Tuesday, March 18.

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