Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne is blasting the Phoenix Union High School District governing board for rejecting requests of two high schools’ administrators and employees for armed officers at schools.
Horne said the vote was an error and puts the district’s campuses at risk.
Flanked by three current or former PXU educators, Horne requested that board members who voted against requests to have armed officers at Betty Fairfax and Carl Hayden high schools reconsider their votes.
“The governing board made a mistake by rejecting the wishes of its district administrators and the two principals of these schools,” stated Horne. “Board members do not have to show up on campus every school day and deal with safety problems, but teachers, students and staff do. They know how bad the situation has become. Principals at these two schools requested armed officers through the state’s School Safety program that the Department of Education agreed to pay for them. The board should have respected the wishes of its own educators.”
“Should the unthinkable happen and an armed maniac kills students at a school as we have seen in other states, the parents of those students would never forgive those responsible for failing to provide protection for the school,” added Horne.
“Superintendent Tom Horne is attempting to protect students and staff by an ever-increasing threat of violence because some parents are failing to parent, and the school board is bending to a very few but vocal community about not having their children around police officers,” said retired PXU teacher Mark Williams. “One should ask ‘why’?”
“As a retired teacher and longtime resident of this community, I have seen firsthand the positive impact School Resource Officers have in our high schools,” added National Board Certified Teacher Susan Groff. “Their presence not only enhances safety but fosters trust and support among student and staff.”
“All Phoenix Union High School District Schools need metal detectors and School Resource Officers (SRO’s) for the safety and security of the students, staff, and visitors,” said Pamela Kelley, M. Ed.
The School Safety Program is administered by the Arizona Department of Education and funding remains available for campus officers.
Looks like emotional reaction because they hate cops vs common sense.
Woke school board members are low IQ people without a life other than virue signalling to their idiot friends. in other words dumbocrats.