Superintendent Wants Armed Security At All Westchase 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 Westchase 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 changed over the…
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