Area School Board Votes to Arm Some Staff Members

An area school district is going to take security to a new level. The Daily Jeffersonian is reporting Tuesday that members of the East Guernsey Local School Board of Education unanimously adopted a resolution authorizing the arming of some members of the staff. The Jeffersonian says the board agreed to provide “written authorization for certain persons designated by the superintendent to convey deadly weapons or dangerous ordinance in a school safety zone or to possess a deadly weapon or dangerous ordinance in a school safety zone of the East Guernsey Local School District.” The newspaper reports in order to be an armed staff member that person must be permitted under Ohio law to carry a concealed handgun.