The Wake County school board is getting it on both ends of the political spectrum for today's proposal to place an unarmed private security guard at every elementary school.
In a post Monday, the Great Schools in Wake Coalition asks "where is community involvement on this issue?" GSIW also asks "why the rush to vote when there is no evidence that demonstrates that security officers will make schools safer?"
GSIW argues that the $2.375 million that Wake is looking to spend year-round on the unarmed guards could be better spent on measures such as bullying prevention and adding more social workers. The group also isn't a big fan of having armed school resource officers.
At the other end, school board member Debra Goldman is arguing that the security at elementary schools should be armed. She wants to talk with the local enforcement agencies about adding school resource officers to all 105 elementary schools, which would cost a lot more than unarmed guards.
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Tue, 01/22/2013 - 16:04 — Bob_SconceSo, the idea is to go out, find 105 unemployed people, give them a uniform and then have them hang out in an elementary school for just over minimum wage.
And that will make our kids safer ?
If they really wanted to
Tue, 01/22/2013 - 16:42 — shearertwIf they really wanted to address security, they would have reached out for some advice and/or sought out some input from other districts, etc. They simply did a knee jerk reaction and were sure to exclude guns because that scares their base who know ZERO about guns or security.
Just think about how much time we spend on assignment discuss vs this decision. Remarkable!
Oh No...
Tue, 01/22/2013 - 14:55 — JanisTangoHell must have frozen over! I agree with the GSIW. I personally feel we need to keep dollars in the classrooms especially with the limited funds we have!
I agree.
Tue, 01/22/2013 - 15:33 — jenmanI agree.
Isn't that a darn shame you Brannon rump sniffers!
Tue, 01/22/2013 - 14:18 — FSandYOUDo you mean YOUR BOARD, this WCBoE, isn't including you guys in the decision making process on this one??
TWO AND A HALF MILLION Unarmed!!!
Probably FOUR MILLION PLUS Armed!!!
Per year!!!!
A bond you say? Screwwwwwwwwwww that!!!
Gainey clearly isn't experienced enough to lead one of the largest school systems in the country on this or most other issues. A former military man WAS fit to lead, but THIS SCHOOL BOARD didn't see it that way. Wasting more tax dollars.
I bet Tata would have handled this issue correctly from the start and with ease.
Unlike Mr. Gainey and THIS TOTAL FAILURE OF A SCHOOL BOARD!!!!
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Tue, 01/22/2013 - 14:18 — SideburnsNow that Sutton has taken over as Chair, the dynamics with GSIW have changed again. They remained quiet during Hill's reign - once Tata was ousted. I'm sure they will be back at meetings with their name calling and wagging of fingers.