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....because given our state legislature, many people think they are smarter than those folks who were elected to do this stuff. In some cases they may be right, but then that's another discussion.

Your wife should do two things. First, she should read her actual contract, be it a one year term or continuing. Read it thoroughly and determine if there is any language specific to arms on the property. Most do not. Second, find a copy of the district's policies and procedures. It can probably be found on line. Hopefully it is searchable. You are going to find language regarding students having weapons on campus and how they are going to deal with them. Not relevant. Look for any language that spells out any prohibition against the possession of firearms by employees. If you find nothing within the written district policies, then there is in fact no prohibition and she should just put it away in the center console and not bring up the topic amongst other employees. The administration does not always read the rules as we know and someone can go nuts and make a big stink of it, but in the end nothing can be done. Just tell her to keep it under her hat so to speak.

I had a similar discussion with a department head who was adamant that the district had rules that covered this, as well as state laws. He got a little steamed with me. I have that affect on people, but in the end I showed him the relevant state law and asked him to quote to me the state law he was referring to as well as the local district policy number. None existed, and he hushed up after he did the research. He hates to be wrong.