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Parma City Schools is pushing into affect this school year armed staff on school grounds.
According to ClevelandScene, trained staff in Parma City Schools will be authorized to carry guns on school property.
There was a resolution that was passed unanimously on July 20.
This a first for Parma, and it comes directly after Ohio passed similar legislation for school boards in Ohio last October.
Charles Smialek, the superintendent did say this in a statement
“We find it only prudent to provide selected staff members with the ability to arm themselves as one more deterrent to violence”,
In the United States alone there were 177 incidents of gunfire on school grounds resulting in 57 deaths and 149 injuries.
