by Dick Hall-Sizemore
The Halifax County School Board is planning to hire a private firm to provide security at all county schools, in addition to school resource officers (SRO).
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As reported by the News and Record (South Boston), the proposal calls for four school security officers (SSO) to patrol the high school, along with the school resource officers (SROs) from the sheriff and town police departments, as well as the stationing of a guard at each elementary school for the first time. Continue reading