Duval school board to vote on whether to allow guns in locked vehicles on school property

The Duval County School Board is set to vote Monday night on whether to allow certain adults to keep legally possessed firearms secured inside vehicles parked on school property.The proposal came weeks after a loaded gun was found inside the vehicle of a Duval County school principal Michael Smith. The School Board is also set to vote on whether to terminate Smith at its regular board meeting Monday night. School police found the firearm Sept. 15 inside Baldwin Middle-Senior High School Principal Michael Smith’s vehicle after receiving an anonymous tip. Smith was reassigned away from campus and issued a misdemeanor criminal citation.District officials said there was no indication Smith intended to harm anyone. At the time, Superintendent Christopher Bernier said firearms on school campuses were dangerous and illegal.“At no time is it safe for anyone to be on our campuses with a gun,” Bernier said Sept. 15.Under the proposed language, administrators, employees, independent contractors a