[Jane Long]

Uvalde Schools have a total of 4100 students. How and why was an independent police force established for such a small enrollment? Far better to pay for police/sheriff deputies to serve as ‘resource officers’ who revert to being regular real world cops when school is out.

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There are even smaller school districts, in TX, with their own “PD”.

They USED to be patrolled by local Sheriff Depts, and, that always seemed to work, just fine.

I personally think this is just another way for school district’s to ‘require’/justify increased budgets, while maintaining ‘control’.

Just my 2¢

[hanamizu]

I personally think this is just another way for school district’s to ‘require’/justify increased budgets...

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The district also employs an “Executive Director of Communications & Marketing” (with such a fancy title I assume she has a staff), so yes there is a lot of money being spent on things other than teaching the kids.

I am nowhere near local, but I bet if someone local were interested they could find a lot of make-work jobs in that district.