You are the principal of a public high school located in Midwest City, North Carolina -an average sized metropolitan area. Teachers in the school have been complaining that disruptive and sometimes violent student behavior is on the increase and they want something done to maintain order in the school. The school district has received a grant to address violence among students. The school board has asked you to help decide if you want to use thegrant money to support two full-time school resource officersin your school.School resource officers (SROs) are career law enforcement officers who are stationed in public schools to perform a number of duties, including mentoring, responding to disciplinary issues and, if necessary, detain and arrest students. If you decide against using school resource officers the money will be given to another school in the district.
QUESTION
Your job is to determine whether you should use the grant money to support two school resource officers (SROs). The school boardhas given you one week to write a response clearly stating whether or not you would recommend spending the money on SROs.
