CO School District Threatens To Shut Down Charter School’s Armed Staff – VIDEO

By Ammoland

Opinion

Colorado – -(AmmoLand.com)- In Colorado it is legal for public schools and public charter schools to have armed staff if the school board (or in the case of charters schools, the charter board) authorizes the specific individuals. More than 30 districts in the state already have some form of armed staff. Reference: CRS 18-12-214 (b).

Douglas County School District in Colorado has 91 schools under their control with ONE school, Ascent Classical Academy – a charter – who is implementing a new security plan this year that includes some staff members being legally authorized to carry. These authorized individuals are volunteers who went through the extensive teacher training program called FASTER Colorado. FASTER not only teaches tactical techniques, but also has a focus on psychological and trauma skills as well. For a teacher to graduate from the training program, their tactical skills must exceed that of law enforcement.

Last week during the second “Interim School Safety Committee” hearing at the Colorado State Capitol (a committee put together after the tragic STEM School Shooting at a charter school in Douglas County last May), district superintendent Dr. Thomas Tucker emphatically …Read the Rest

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