CHICOPEE, Mass. - Some students in Chicopee will have to adjust to new safety measures, as metal detectors will now be used at the city's middle and high schools.

The school district made the announcement on Facebook earlier this week saying they would be at the entrances.

"We have a responsibility as a district to ensure that the safety of our students and staff and anyone that's inside of our schools at all times," said Ward 6 school committee member Sam Shumsky. "So this is just going to be another safety measure that we can use to increase the risk assessment."

Some parents believe school leadership is making the right call.

"We could be the best school, we could be the lowest school, it don't matter," said Anna Lopez. "I feel like having that in the system, I think it might make a difference. Somehow, someway, it's not gonna make the whole difference, but it would make something out of it."

Last Thanksgiving, two men were charged with assault and battery during a fight at the Chicopee High vs. Chicopee Comp. football game. In February, Chicopee High School was placed on a temporary lockdown due to a hoax call of a shooting. And in the light of yet another school shooting in Nashville last month, some parents and city leaders said its time to adapt to prevent similar issues.

"It's nerve wracking as a parent to know if that's gonna be the last time you're gonna see your child," Lopez said. "Because it's supposed to be a safe haven for your child here at the school. They spend most of their time in school then at home, so this is basically their home and to know stuff like that is going on, it's heartbreaking."

"The times are changing, society is changing," Shumsky said.  "And we need to be prepared just in case anything does ever happen. God forbid anything ever happens, but I wanna know, and I'm sure the city and parents and students and teachers, they're all gonna feel a lot safer going into schools knowing that these are gonna be put in place."