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Delco 8th Graders Gifted Bulletproof Bookbag Plates At Graduation
Eight graders graduating to the high school level at a Chadds Ford Catholic school were gifted bulletproof plates as graduation gifts.
CHADDS FORD, PA – In 2018, bulletproof backpack plates are not a surprising graduation gift and a group of Delaware County 8th grade students graduating to high school were given just that.
Multiple outlets report 8th graders at St. Cornelius Catholic School in Chadds Ford were gifted the bulletproof backpack plates at their graduation ceremony on Monday, June 4.
Philly.com reports Glen Mills-based Unequal Technologies, developer of the plates, donated 25 plates to the school. The president of Unequal Technologies has a daughter who attends the school.
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One student told Fox 29 they thought they'd never need such an item. But with school shooting on the forefront of the national discussion, it's not surprising safety instruments such as these are beginning to crop up.
"It is their life now, which is very sad," St. Cornelius Catholic School Barbara Rosini told the New York Times."But if it is something that will help keep our kids, or any child or any adult, safe, that is unfortunately where we are now."
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