UNION GROVE — School trustees in Union Grove have approved letting some teachers and administrators to be armed on campus. The Union Grove school board enacted a policy Thursday night to allow select, licensed and trained teachers and administrators to have a firearm. The action was finalized last night following a community meeting. The Upshur County school system becomes only the second school district in the state with such a policy. <\/p>\n
Superintendent Brian Gray told the Longview News-Journal the district would not disclose which teachers and administrators would be armed. He said decisions are still to be made on how the policy will be put in place, including whether the guns will be carried on the employees\u2019 bodies or locked in an undisclosed location on the campuses. <\/p>\n
The school district’s action comes after last month’s shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. Over two dozen children and adults were killed. Union Grove school board Vice President Rusty Dyar said, \u201cThe worst thing we can do is nothing.\u201d <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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