The Sumner County School Board last night voted to add 39 School Resource Officers across the system. The Board is asking the County Commission to fund this and other security upgrades as a result of an ongoing security review in light of the tragedy at Sandy Hook School in Connecticut.
Currently, the system has 7 SROs in its high schools. This move would place one armed officer in each of the system's 46 schools.
While many parents support efforts to improve security, others worry that the County Commission is reluctant to fund truly excellent, safe schools.
The concern may be warranted, based on a County Commission that has historically refused to adequately fund schools -- a battle which came to a head this August when the start of schools was delayed by 8 days because the Commission failed to fully fund the system's budget.
Now that the Board has approved the request, the County Commission will take it up and decide whether or not this proposal is worthy of funding.
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