Peter Johnson, facilities director for Laconia Schools, will use federal grant money to improve the safety of public schools in the city. “The safety and security grants are funded 80 percent from the state and 20 percent from district funds,” he said. For example, at Laconia High School, glass exterior doors will be replaced by metal doors with a small window. “It’s not if, but when, is it going to happen around a school district that I’m working in. “The response time to the high school wouldn’t even be minutes, it would be seconds.”There is also a school resource police officer who works in the high school, who acts as a deterrent to crime.

Source: Daily Sun February 16, 2018 05:26 UTC