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Resident argues to keep cops out of Catskill schools
Feb 14, 2013 7:14 am
Jim Planck writes in The Daily Mail the Catskill Board of Education was asked Wed., Feb. 13, to keep armed police out of its schools. District resident Douglas Rose told board members he is very uncomfortable with a police presence inside the school buildings. He requested clarification of the policy after school Superintendent Dr. Kathleen Farrell stated certain security changes are about to be implemented. Farrell said the district will have a rotating police presence in the schools. She stressed the armed officers will not engage in "behaviorial management or discipline" while present. Their interaction with students will be minimal. Rose argued that if the purpose was for heightened security, the police should be placed outside, rather than inside the school buildings. Read the full story in The Daily Mail.