Shop LocalThursday, December 27, 2012
School safety is just one topic of discourse that has swept the nation following the tragic school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., resulting in the deaths of more than 20 children.
In response, schools in Callaway County, including Fulton and South Callaway school districts, have evaluated their already existing security measures and sent home letters to parents detailing safety.
Most of those measures include locking doors, securing buildings and carefully monitoring student release, but Fulton is the only district in the county that has a school resource officer — a police officer who consistently offers support and resources for faculty and students.
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Advocator 4 months, 4 weeks ago
The safety of our students is the highest of priorities. I hope the Fulton Public Schools has a policy in place that would allow an employee to report the possibility of a student who may have a firearm to the administrator in each building. If the administrator is not available for the employee to report the student to, then the most likely person to report it to is the resource officer. Time may be of the essence. Is that not what he is there for? Is there a written policy that all employees have been informed of?
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