Cleveland Metropolitan School District votes 'no' to arm school staffers next year

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Cleveland Metropolitan School District voted no to House Bill 99 which would allow teachers and other staffers to have guns in schools.

At a board meeting Tuesday, CSMD passed a vote stating that employees who are not working as safety or security officers would not be allowed to have guns within schools.

Board members such as Dr. Lisa Thomas think this legislation is not the solution to prevent violence within schools. “To think that fighting fire with fire is good public policy is ludicrous in my mind,” said Thomas. “I’m very happy at the local level we are taking action.” Governor Mike DeWine said the curriculum will be completed this summer, and school boards will be able to select staff members to send to training. Some of these could be armed by mid-fall.Download the News 5 Cleveland app now for more stories from us, plus alerts on major news, the latest weather forecast, traffic information and much more. Download now on your Apple device here, and your Android device here.

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It's amazing what people say especially those who've never taught school. Question for those who think teachers should carry. Explain how the English teacher with 24 hours of training will stop a gunman with an AR15 and body armor?

Great plan...now the bad guys know where to go where they won't have people trying to stop them.

What they should have done is say “yes” and post signs like “armed staff”, etc. but by internal policy, nobody would be authorized to carry weapons. Sort of a psychological deterrent. Now everyone knows they will remain “gun free zones”, which really doesn’t apply to criminals…

And you wonder why criminals target schools. CMSD is a disgrace.

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