Tag: school security
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Parents express concern about armed police officers in school on a daily basis
Guns in school are not OK, not even for school security officers. That is what a group of parents told the Lawrence Township Public Schools Board of Education last week. The issue for parents is the school resource officer (SRO) who is assigned to Lawrence High School and the two Class III special officers who…
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Freehold Township police officers providing security at community’s schools
FREEHOLD TOWNSHIP – Special law enforcement officers employed by the Freehold Township Police Department will provide security in two school districts in Freehold Township following the execution of shared services agreements between each school district and the Township Committee. Freehold Township is home to seven elementary schools, two middle schools and an early learning center…
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Old Bridge school board considers making security kiosks an in-house project
OLD BRIDGE — School administrators have school security and taxpayer dollars at the forefront. During a recent meeting, Old Bridge Township Public Schools Business Administrator Joseph Marra said he had to reject bids that came in for security kiosks proposed for the 16 school buildings in the district. “All of the bid proposals far exceeded…
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Police officers will be on duty in two Manalapan schools beginning in September
MANALAPAN – The Pine Brook School and the Manalapan Englishtown Middle School (MEMS) will each have an armed police officer on duty in the building every day beginning in September. According to an agreement signed by Mayor Jack McNaboe and by representatives of the Manalapan-Englishtown Regional School District, Manalapan Police Chief Michael Fountain will assign…
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Deadly shooting in Texas high school raises concerns about school safety
With fatal school shootings increasingly making headlines, parents of students in the Hopewell Valley Regional School District raised concerns they had about what was being done to strengthen school security during a Board of Education meeting on May 21. Three days after a 17-year-old student fatally shot eight of his peers and two teachers, and wounded…
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Voters will have say on adding personnel to Jackson schools’ security force
JACKSON – On Nov. 6, residents will be given an opportunity to have a direct say on the size of the Jackson School District’s security force. The district includes six elementary schools, two middle schools and two high schools. A public question on the ballot will ask voters if they want to add six school…
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Metuchen school board seeks to exceed 2 percent spending cap
METUCHEN — The Metuchen School District Board of Education will seek to collect more in school taxes for the upcoming school year than would otherwise be permitted by the state because of a projected enrollment increase of more than 1 percent for the 2018-19 school year. However, although the board is seeking to collect 0.99 percent…
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Board approves agreement to place police officers in Marlboro schools
MARLBORO – The Marlboro K-8 School District Board of Education has entered into an agreement with the township to assign an armed Marlboro police officer to every district school during school hours for the remainder of the 2017-18 school year. The board’s cost to place a regular full-time officer in each school beginning April 9…
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Armed police officers will patrol Edison schools
EDISON — Armed police officers will patrol the 19 school buildings in the Edison School District through the end of the school year. After more than four hours of discussion, the Board of Education unanimously voted in favor of a resolution reflecting a shared service agreement with the township to hire off-duty township police officers,…