New proposal for SRO staffing in Barrow schools

 (GEORGIA NEWS NETWORK)

Commissioners in Barrow County are reconsidering how many school resource officers they’ll help fund, months after a shooting at Apalachee High School raised concerns about campus safety.

The school district currently staffs 16 officers, split evenly between county and school funds, but that number hasn’t grown despite a previous agreement to add more.

A new proposal would revert to a 2017 agreement limiting the county’s share to just 12 officers, forcing the school district to pick up the rest.  

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