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Local school districts receive hundreds of thousands of dollars from state for school safety
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Gainesville Police Sgt. Chris Jones, center, and Officer Griggs Wall chat with Gainesville High School senior Hector Becerril Thursday, Feb. 15, 2018, as students begin leaving school for the day. In the aftermath of Wednesday’s deadly shooting in Florida, Gainesville City School System Superintendent Jeremy Williams said, “As a district, we are discussing and reviewing our safety plans, as we do annually.” - photo by Scott Rogers
The state is pouring hundreds of thousands of dollars into local school districts to help improve safety for students on campus, including $215,000 for Hall County and $81,000 for Gainesville. In the aftermath of a school shooting in Parkland, Fla., in February, the deadliest in America in five years, Georgia legislators approved $16 million for public schools to improve security.