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Salt Lake City schools spent $2M on weapons detectors. Now they don’t plan to staff them.

The state school board denied the district funding to pay for staff to operate the devices. The district decided this month not to pay for staff to continue operating the devices, either.

(Michael Lee | Salt Lake Tribune) Parents, students and community members walk through weapons detectors at Highland High School on the evening of an open house, band and orchestra concert in October. The devices will remain at the entrances of four high schools including Highland when classes start in August but likely won't be in operation after the Salt Lake City School District in July opted not to pay for staff to continue operating them.