With the new school year just getting underway; there have already been a couple of security issues reported in local school districts.

In Hudson, a teacher who had been suspended,  was arrested on Thursday , and then again on Friday, last week, after allegedly showing up at the High School. 

Akron Beacon Journal reports after his second arrest, a judge revoked the 34 year old man’s $2,500 bond on charges of misdemeanor criminal trespass and inducing panic, and ordered him held in the Summit County jail pending a competency evaluation

In Medina, after police got calls on Saturday about a possible threat to Medina High School; they reportedly detained an “individual of concern” on Sunday.

Nationwide, parents, teachers, and students have been concerned for years about school violence, following multiple mass shootings, including the one that resulted in 17 deaths at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, back in 2018, and the one that claimed 21 lives at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde,Texas, just last year.

Here in Akron, teacher concerns about violence at the hands of students was a major sticking point in the school district’s efforts to get a new contract ratified with the teacher’s union last year, which it eventually did; but not without a great deal of time and attention on what the schools planned to do to keep their teachers safe.

With all that in mind; WAKR Morning Show Host, Ray Horner, talked to Akron Public Schools new Director of Safety & Security, Don Zesiger, about safety measures in place as APS students head back to the classroom starting this Thursday, August 24.

Listen now to hear about new backpack scanners, metal detectors, teacher security badges that include a panic button, locked bags for student mobile phones, and even bullet-resistant film for first floor and classroom windows.