Palm Beach County School Superintendent Mike Burke outlines the pilot program for metal detectors being implemented at some schools. "With security and safety, your work is never done," Burke said.

Board members with the Palm Beach County School District are discussing and have scheduled a workshop next year about implementing metal detectors at elementary and middle schools. Right now ...

Burke said most large schools have at least four sets of metal detectors that cost about $20,000 each. More on metal detectors: Palm Beach County Schools to spend $2.25M on new metal detectors.

Palm Beach County High School had metal detectors installed on Thursday, February 1, and the school district plans to install more at three more high schools "in the coming days" as part of a ...

The district's current metal detectors may not be limited to Vero Beach High, Flowers said. The equipment is portable and can be set up and dismantled within 15 minutes, Flowers said.