Superintendent Wants Armed Security At All Carrollwood And Northdale Schools
Superintendent MaryEllen Elia has a plan that calls for a review by a security expert, and an additional 130 armed personnel at Hillsborough Schools. The extra staff would cost $4.1 million alone.
After continuing the law enforcement presence at Carrollwood and Northdale schools when students returned from winter break, school officials announced a long-term plan on Wednesday to continue enhanced security measures in the wake of last month's shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary in Newtown, Conn. During a press conference at the Raymond O. Shelton School Administrative Center in downtown Tampa before PTA officials and local principals, schools Superintendent MaryEllen Elia discussed a "multi-faceted proposal" that will be brought to the school board at the next meeting on Jan. 15. The plan, which school officials outlined in a document passed out to the crowd, is as follows: "I wish that it wasn't necessary," said Elia. "Our lives have …
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Mr Hebert
10:18 am on Friday, March 15, 2013
Absolutely not.... there is not a need to spend an additional 4 million to provide armed guards at our schools, this just creates more of feeling of fear for the students, teachers and parents. We are not in a Military zone. The current support of officers in the morning and afternoon provide the view of security needed in our current state of fear. If the entrance to the school is locked down … more ›