JUNCTION CITY — Another Kansas high school student has been arrested after bringing a handgun to school.
In addition to the arrest in USD 266 Derby Monday, police arrested a Dodge City student and 6 students in USD 475 Junction City over the past two weeks.
On Monday night, police public information officer Capt. Trish Giordano issued a statement on the student arrests.
In Derby on Monday, High school administrators brought a student in for questioning after receiving a tip, and the gun was found.
The school resource officer arrested the sophomore without incident. No threat was made to students or staff, according to the alert sent by the district.
Derby spokeswoman Katie Carlson didn’t say if the student was in class with the weapon, or what time the student was arrested.