School Board Candidates Would Say NO To Arming Teachers

Of the three candidates running for school board next week, don’t look for any one of them to lend support to implementing the Sentinel Bill anytime soon. Incumbent Michelle Bennett and challengers Sherman Gose and Garrett Bischoff took many questions Saturday in a candidate forum sponsored by the Huron Young Professional Group at the Aroma Coffee Cafe in downtown Huron. Bennett thinks more harm than good would come from allowing teachers and staff to be armed…

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While House Bill 1087 would give school boards the option of arming staff to keep someone out, Garrett Bischoff says he pondered with co-workers about how easy it would be for students to get out of hand inside a school…

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Sherman Gose figures the debate wouldn’t go far, even if the school wanted the program…

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Bischoff who also heads the KIDS First Initiative, to garner support for an elementary school renovation bond issue on the April ninth ballot says enhanced security at school entrances will be addressed in the renovations if the bond passes.