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Meeting addresses questions about guns in Gainesville schools
Police propose allowing rifles for school resource officers
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The school governance councils meet at the Gainesville City Schools offices on Oak Street to hear a presentation from the Gainesville Police Department about the proposal to put a rifle inside school buildings for school resource officers. Gainesville Police Chief Brian Kelly was joined by Lt. Jay Parrish and Capt. Carol Martin for the presentation.
Parents and teachers from three Gainesville schools met with city police Monday about a proposal to place rifles in the hands of school resource officers. “I was on the school governance council when it first came up just as a memorandum for us to approve,” said Ashley Bell, chairman of the Gainesville High governance council. “I think it’s appropriate that they had this meeting today because there were some questions initially.”