I still feel absolutely sick for the folks that lost loved ones in Newtown. It looks like they understand that laws and gun free zones won't protect the innocent when evil is about.
NEWTOWN — The Board of Education, with several parents who have called for additional security looking on, voted unanimously Thursday night to request police school resource officers for all four elementary schools for next year, in addition to security officers in the budget.
The Board of Selectmen still needs to approve the request because, as sworn cops, the resource officers would be in the town budget.
The resource officers would be new for Sandy Hook, Head O’Meadow, Hawley and Middle Gate elementary schools. Newtown High School, Newtown Middle School and Reed Intermediate School all already have an officer.
But for some parents, one armed school resource officer and one unarmed security officer, as the school board proposes to have next year in each school, isn’t enough in the wake of the Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook School.
NEWTOWN — The Board of Education, with several parents who have called for additional security looking on, voted unanimously Thursday night to request police school resource officers for all four elementary schools for next year, in addition to security officers in the budget.
The Board of Selectmen still needs to approve the request because, as sworn cops, the resource officers would be in the town budget.
The resource officers would be new for Sandy Hook, Head O’Meadow, Hawley and Middle Gate elementary schools. Newtown High School, Newtown Middle School and Reed Intermediate School all already have an officer.
But for some parents, one armed school resource officer and one unarmed security officer, as the school board proposes to have next year in each school, isn’t enough in the wake of the Dec. 14 mass shooting at Sandy Hook School.