Wednesday, January 23, 2013
Little Rock Schools Backpack notes: OK with guns?
Posted by Max Brantley on Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:45 AM
Little Rock School District parents were surprised in a few cases yesterday at notes that came home in elementary student backpacks.
They were asked about their feelings on armed security guards in elementary schools.
Superintendent Morris Holmes talked to the School Board recently about adding armed security guards — not police officers, but regular security offices who've been through firearms training — at all school campuses.
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