Ridgewood school district may bring back school resource officer
TUESDAY FEBRUARY 25, 2014, 11:12 AM
BY LAURA HERZOG
STAFF WRITER
THE RIDGEWOOD NEWS
The Ridgewood Board of Education (BOE) hopes to eventually dedicate a police officer to district schools.
The position, called a school resource officer (SRO), was filled several years ago, said Superintendent Daniel Fishbein, but was cut when the district lost all its state aid in 2010.
“The SRO really becomes a part of the school community,” Fishbein said.
Though school officials are speaking with the mayor about the possibility of reinstating the position, “This is not anything immediate, probably in 2015, if it happens,” said BOE President Sheila Brogan.
According to the board, barring an emergency elsewhere in the village, the SRO would be based in the schools, protecting and educating students. The officer would have a presence at school activities, in health classes and in law and driver’s education classes at Ridgewood High School.
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And wait for it…
Great idea if its funded out of the Board of Ed budget.
The school resource officer is a great idea.
BUT let’s be perfectly TRANSPARENT here. The three amigos were dead set against hiring the two young men who are sons of cops, one of whom they detest. Then there was a HUGE backlash for them, at the meeting and on the blog. So, they figured out they could save their asses by saying it would be OK to change the ordinance IF a school resource officer was added to the mix. Voila, they all changed their votes one week later.
it is not because Aronsohn, Pucciarelli and Hauck want a school resource officer. This was just a convenient way for them to “save face” after such a widespread outrage at their votes the week before.
So they think they look like thoughtful, reasonable people who can change their minds for all the right reasons. In fact, they changed their minds ONLY because people were so pissed at them. They are despicable people, the three of them.
In any case, I hope the ordinance goes forward, because it should, and I hope those two young men are at the academy in a couple of weeks, as they should have been all along.
RECALL.
and who is paying for it.
They are checking into possible grants being offered to cover some of the expense.
#2&4 either way the taxpayer pays.
Let it come out of the school budget.
Let Chief Ward get his 2 replacements from his budget.
The village needs several new officers, but i do not see the need for a resource officer at this time.
i think this is just forward thinking. I do not see it happening anytime soon. Would be great to have one! However the budget and man power issues would have to be resolved.
I like to see it on the agenda… but I rather have a program like this be developed properly then rushed because it is being used as a PR stunt.