Bags inspected before students enter Glens Falls middle, high schools

It took Glens Falls Middle School and High School students a little bit longer to get to class Thursday. School officials are now instituting bag checks following two incidents in the past week.

Students now have to place their bags on a table at the entrance. That’s where a staff member will search the bag before a student can bring the building.

This is in response to a lockdown Wednesday. That happened after what appeared to be a real gun fell from a student’s backpack in the middle of a busy hallway — causing a scary scene for students and staff.

NewsChannel 13 was first to report this and show you the picture of what turned out to be a replica toy gun.

This isn’t the only incident since school started just a week ago. The high school went into lockout on Sept. 8, and school leaders issued a shelter-in-place order for the middle school. It started with a student acting out, and it ended with an altercation between that student and school officials.  During that altercation, a BB gun fell out of the student’s bag.

School officials at Glens Falls Middle School and High School are now instituting bag checks following two incidents in the past week.

No one was hurt in either incident and the school is taking disciplinary action against those students.

Parents are encouraged to attend a safety meeting Friday at the high school, where the superintendent will go over all the safety updates.