Martinsville City Council held a three-hour work session Saturday morning, discussing a number of possible fundamental changes to its charter, that would require approval from the state legislature.
Martinsville City Schools will become the first school division in the state to have a gunshot detection system in all of its buildings.
T.J. Slaughter, director of school safety and emergency management, applied for a state grant through the Virginia Department of Education in the summer of 2018 and, in November of last year he told the school board he had received more than $80,000 from the state and a local match totaling $100,691.
Martinsville Schools were included in $6 million School Security Equipment Grants announced by Gov. Ralph Northam for 102 school divisions.
But there wasnât enough money to do the entire job.