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More than 2,500 Curtis High School students were required to pass through five metal detectors set up by the New York City Police Department Wednesday after officials said Larry Adeyanju, 16, was stabbed by two of his fellow classmates following an alleged fight.

“The whole school is on lockdown mode. They are not letting us in without checking us,” said 10th grader Taija Middleton.

Many said delays are a small price to pay to make sure weapons are not getting onto campus and that they’d like to see metal detectors used more often.

“If they had tighter security, none of this would have happened,” said one ninth grader.

Security was tight on Wednesday with half a dozen police vehicles parked at the school, including a mobile command center.

Parents say they welcomed the police presence, but some say, they'd like to see metal detectors permanently set up at the school.

“I think the metal detectors should be put in place, just for precautionary reasons. This is not the only school, it happens in all of them,” said Carol Cutolo, parent of a 10th grader.

Principal Aurelia Curtis said no school on Staten Island has permanent metal detectors and that she's completely against their use.

She told NY1 in a telephone conversation, “They are not a deterrent, they criminalize the student body and they offer a false sense of protection.”

Curtis said Wednesday's added security measures are only temporary.

As for the two teens who were stabbed, they remain hospitalized in critical but stable condition.

Adeyanju is charged with felony assault and criminal possession of a weapon.