Sunday, February 03, 2013
Newtown Votes To Request Armed Police Officers In Elementary Schools
In the wake of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in
Newtown, Conn., the National Rifle Association advocated placing armed
guards in all schools — sparking a nationwide “bad guy with a gun”/”good
guy with a gun” debate. Meanwhile, on Thursday, the Newtown Board of
Education voted to request additional armed SROs (school resource
officers). “Combined with the eight unarmed security personnel slated into the
still-unapproved 2013/2014 budget,” the plan “would put two eyes and
ears — one armed, one unarmed — at each Newtown school,” according to Bronxville’s Patch. At this point, the vote is only a request, and today board is meeting
“with state and federal officials about obtaining additional funding
for security.” According to the Patch report, parents unanimously voted
to increase the budget for security...more
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The board is meeting with state and federal officials about obtaining additional funding for security....hmmmmm? I thought we had a debt crisis in this country and we need to cut spending. Which is it?
The meeting with gov't officials, especially the feds, bothered me too.
But this is not a "which is it" situation. The feds have the debt crisis, not the states, so state funding is an option. An even better option would be for the school district to change their priorities and fund security themselves.
A private school could handle this quickly.
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