Community speaker urges Willis ISD to adopt Texas school marshal program
A community speaker, identified in the transcript as Mr. Baker, addressed the board urging adoption of the Texas school marshal program as part of a layered safety strategy, arguing marshals are vetted, trained and can shorten response time in active‑attack scenarios.
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Mr. Baker addressed the board before the consent agenda and urged trustees to adopt the Texas school marshal program, saying marshals offer an on‑site, vetted response that can reduce the time between an attack and an armed, trained response. Baker highlighted that marshals complete psychological screening, 80 hours of TCOLE training and annual firearm qualification and argued that an authorized, trained marshal force changes an attacker's calculus.
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