School Safety Status Quo is Unacceptable, Says Cooperating School Districts Director
While the Cooperating School Districts leader says school security plans are not a "one size fits all" proposition, he is advocating for some baseline changes. But those do not include arming educators with weapons.
One of the very engaged attendees at Thursday's Safe Schools Partnership meeting hosted by Rockwood School District in Eureka was Don Senti, executive director of the Cooperating School Districts (CSD). He said superintendents who are CSD members are opposed to arming school staffers to provide security for school children. But could bond issues or new taxes designated to take care of new safety measures be in the future? "Providing security for our most precious resource should be in the capable hands of those professionals who are trained in the use of fire arms, and more importantly, who know when to use them," Senti said. "Therefore, we feel that neither volunteers or armed educators are an appropriate solution to this national problem…
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