Ohio
Superintendent discusses changes Ohio district made after 2017 school shooting
Superintendent Kraig Hissong made a number of adjustments after the taking pictures at West Liberty-Salem Excessive College, however the district determined towards arming academics.
WEST LIBERTY, Ohio — One faculty district in Ohio understands the concern relating to having a faculty shooter inside their buildings. Again in 2017, two college students have been shot inside West Liberty-Salem Excessive College in Champaign County.
“In our scenario, our pupil ended up having a full restoration and it turned out to be sort of a cheerful ending to what was a tragic day, [Texas is] by no means going to get that pleased ending of their scenario,” stated Superintendent Kraig Hissong.
On Jan. 20, 2017, one pupil was shot point-blank within the toilet, one other was hit by a pellet from a shotgun. Since then, Hissong stated they’ve made a number of adjustments, together with not permitting college students to hang around unsupervised within the constructing earlier than faculty begins, after the district’s shooter was hiding within the toilet earlier than faculty.
The district regarded into including metallic detectors however discovered them to be too costly and time-consuming to make use of day-after-day. One factor they determined to not do is arm their academics.
“We talked about that just about instantly after the incident occurred and that was one thing that our board talked about, our employees talked about, and on the finish of the day we simply didn’t really feel snug with having a instructor armed,” the superintendent stated.
However the district did add a faculty useful resource officer within the fall of 2017. He’s a deputy sheriff for Champaign County and works throughout the faculty day.
“It’s a minimum of a a lot sooner response than what we might get if we didn’t have them right here and in a rural surroundings like ours, in a county faculty district the place a deputy may very well be 10 or quarter-hour away, it’s very useful to have a faculty useful resource officer within the constructing,” Hissong stated.
The shooter in West Liberty’s case continues to be alive. Again in 2018, he obtained the max sentence of 23.5 years in jail for tried homicide, felonious assault and inducing panic.
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