Summit Denies School Safety Grant Request
Stow Safety Task Force sought $30,000 grant for training
Officials with the Summit County Emergency Management Agency have denied a request for a $30,000 training grant from the Stow Safety Task Force. Munroe Falls Police Chief Rick Myers and Dave Licate, both members of the task force, had submitted an application to the county EMA office asking for the grant money to train teachers, staff, police officers and others to identify "at-risk" or suspicious behavior by students of Stow-Munroe Falls Schools. The risk assessment training is a security method the task force talked about in February when Stow psychologist Dr. Alfred Grzegorek presented the idea to the group. Robert Ross, chair of the Summit EMA executive committee, said the grant request was denied in part because of a larger …
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Melissa Bysura
12:45 pm on Thursday, April 4, 2013
It's a shame this grant was denied, I'd much rather have our teachers trained to recognize problems before they escalate rather than an unnecessary full time police presence. more ›