READING, Pa. – Reading School District Superintendent Khalid N. Mumin has announced that the district will be increasing security measures for the upcoming football game following the evacuation at Governor Mifflin last week.<\/p>\n
\u201cIn light of recent events in our local community at athletic events, the Reading School District will be increasing security procedures at Thursday night\u2019s varsity football game versus Muhlenberg High School on September 3, 2026, at Albright College\u2019s Shirk Stadium,\u201d said Mumin in a social media post.<\/p>\n
He says the gates will open at 6 p.m., and the game will begin promptly at 7 p.m.<\/p>\n
The superintendent says spectators will be screened, and bags will be searched for contraband, including, but not limited to, weapons, tobacco products, and controlled substances.<\/p>\n
Mumin shares that these additional measures may result in longer wait times at the gates and encourages everyone to arrive early and plan accordingly.<\/p>\n
The school district urges guests to avoid bringing backpacks, large bags, or any other unnecessary items to help make the screening process as quick and efficient as possible.<\/p>\n
Exceptions will be made for diaper bags and medically necessary items, which will be permitted following proper inspection by security personnel, Mumin says.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe understand these additional procedures may cause some inconvenience, and sincerely appreciate your patience and cooperation,\u201d says the statement.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe safety and security of our students, staff, families, and community remain our highest priority,\u201d Mumin expresses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"READING, Pa. – Reading School District Superintendent Khalid N. Mumin has announced that the district will be increasing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276807,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[116043,50868,38138,62748,294,128,130,129,45398,10089,116042,116045,116044],"class_list":["post-276806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-reading","tag-bag-search","tag-contraband","tag-football-game","tag-governor-mifflin","tag-public-safety","tag-reading-city","tag-reading-city-headlines","tag-reading-city-news","tag-reading-high-school","tag-school-district","tag-security-measures","tag-shirk-stadium","tag-spectator-screening"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276806"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276806\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}