Should Local Schools Have Armed Guards?
One district in New Jersey already voted to hire guards for schools.
Less than a week after a gunman killed 20 children and six adults in a Newtown, Connecticut elementary school, a New Jersey school district took action, with its board of education approving to hire armed security guards at each of its buildings. The Marlboro Board of Education approved the action on Dec. 20, as reported in Marlboro-Colts Neck Patch, and will have armed security guards in each of its nine school buildings at the start of the new year. Another debate about gun control regulations and laws was sparked after the massacre in Newtown, with many calling for stricter legislations and enforcement. On the other side, the National Rifle Association said it recommended schools hire armed guards, as the board approved in Marlboro. …
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John Q
7:15 am on Monday, December 31, 2012
Mary Lynn all those are important and should be discussed but really have little to do with education. We spend per capita more then most countries in the world. I know it is a tired story everybody hates to here but when the non married birth rate for women 20 to 30 years old is at 51 % I believe that is where our problem starts. No matter how much money we spend if the foundation of our … more ›