MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Ky. (WKYT) - Montgomery County High School students return to the classroom Thursday, and when they return, they will be part of the first wave of students nationally to use an emerging security detection system.

This system, known officially as Trueport, uses AI technology to help detect security threats. School leaders say the new technology is needed after a middle school student brought a loaded gun to school last year.

At Montgomery County High, school leaders are taking a previous incident and turning it into an opportunity.

“As a principal, the goal every day is to get students in the building and get them home safe. And we tell kids to learn, our number one goal is to get you home to your parents,” said Holly Lawson, principal of Montgomery County High School.

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