Sen. Majority Leader Steve Gooch (R–Dahlonega) will host a school safety roundtable at the University of North Georgia (UNG) next week. It will be held on the Dahlonega campus Wednesday at 9:00.
The discussion will focus on state and local efforts and opportunities for school safety and child and adolescent mental health and well-being. Attendees will include school superintendents, school board chairs, sheriffs, and other school safety officials from the Gooch’s senatorial district which includes Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union, and White counties.
This event will focus on Dawson, Fannin, Gilmer, Lumpkin, Pickens, Union and White counties.
It comes in the wake of the shooting at Apalachee High School in Winder which has prompted talk among some state legislators about ways to beef up security at the state’s schools, which some schools, on their own, have already done or are planning to do.