Lacey School Board Meeting On Tap For Tonight

LACEY TOWNSHIP, NJ - The Lacey Board of Education will meet at 6 p.m. tonight in the Lacey High School's lecture hall.

The lecture hall is a smaller venue than the last stormy board meeting, which was held in the high school auditorium to accommodate a crowd who protested a board policy dealing with students and guns.

Audience members were incensed that two students had received in-school suspensions after pictures apparently taken at a offsite gun range were posted on social media. Board members were advised by Board Attorney Christopher Supsie that they were prohibited from discussing any confidential details involving any students. .

The district's policy is being reworked so that it would apply to students who performed a criminal activity, even off-campus, with a gun; possessed an illegal firearm; or brought any firearm onto school property or a school bus. The new version would not involve students who lawfully possess a gun or use a gun off school property, Supsie said.

The board's caucus meeting starts at 6 p.m. Board members usually go into closed session before the public meeting begins.

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