Mom Pays for Armed Deputy to Patrol her Child's Elementary School

[Dusty]

Hey-whatever it takes...

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/01/22/north-florida-mom-pays-for-armed-deputy-to-patrol-her-child-elementary-school/?test=latestnews

A north Florida woman is paying an armed deputy to patrol her child's elementary school due to safety concerns following the shooting that killed 20 children in Newtown, Conn.

The Daytona Beach News-Journal reports Laurie Lauria has given the Flagler County School District enough money to cover the costs of keeping a deputy at Old Kings Elementary School for two months. And Superintendent Janet Valentine says Lauria has agreed to cover the costs through the end of the year.

There are six resource deputies at the county's high school and middle schools. Officials have considered putting deputies at two elementary schools, but say the costs are prohibitive.

Flagler Sheriff Jim Manfre says he appreciates Lauria's concern, but asking a parent to pay for security is a "Band-Aid solution."

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[Dozer523]

Sucker!
Now I'm sure the Board and "Soop" laugh at us every time we approved the next Bond Measure.

[Dusty]

http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Cleburne-ISD-Considers-Arming-Teachers-187825021.html

The Cleburne Independent School District on Tuesday night will become one of the first districts in North Texas to consider allowing some teachers to carry concealed guns.

Five police officers already work in Cleburne's 13 schools, but the school board is asking if that's enough to prevent a tragedy like the Newtown, Conn., massacre.

"We're at the very beginning stages of talking about it,” said Superintendent Tim Miller. “I don't anticipate any action being taken Tuesday night just because it's a pretty controversial topic."

Around the Johnson County town of 30,000, opinions are split.

Special education teacher Mavis Bryan doesn’t like the idea of arming teachers.

"I would go with the armed guards,” she said. “I think that would be better because they are more trained than a lay person."

A retired police officer disagreed.

"I feel like to make our children more safe, if it takes a few select teachers to go along with the law enforcement -- because I am retired law enforcement -- then I'm for that,” he said.

The superintendent said he personally does not support arming teachers.

"If we're going to put more firearms in the schools, I'd rather put them in the hands of our police and our sheriffs instead of our employees,” Miller said.

School board president Brent Easdon said he would vote to allow teachers to pack a pistol if the district can set up a system of proper screening and training.

“We don’t want this to be a knee-jerk reaction,” Easdon said. “But we want to be proactive and not reactive.”

He said he has already heard from people on both sides.

“Some are for it, some are against it,” Easdon said.

The Cleburne school district covers 209 square miles and employs 900 people. The student enrollment is 6,800.

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http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/Cleburne-ISD-Considers-Arming-Teachers-187825021.html

The Cleburne Independent School District on Tuesday night will become one of the first districts in North Texas to consider allowing some teachers to carry concealed guns.



I thought Harrold TX ISD, 172 miles to the North was the first to do this, and right after the Virginia Tech shootings? Also without any issues.

CNN <<LINK>> (http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/tag/david-thweatt-special-to-cnn/)

FOX News <<LINK>> (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/12/18/stop-school-shootings-by-letting-teachers-fire-back-say-texas-officials/)

Apparently they are using Glaser Safety Slugs, Mag-Techs, or some such:

“They’re very similar to what the air marshals use. The bullets are glued together with polymers, and we insist upon them because we don’t want the bullet to ricochet off a wall after it’s fired and hit a child.”