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Safe schools report: SRO contract rises, district saves on radio upgrades
Summary
Safe Schools staff told the committee that the renewed school resource officer (SRO) agreement will cost the district about $16 million for 2025–28, and that county radio-tower upgrades reduced the planned cost of bidirectional amplifiers (BDAs) from $4 million to $1.2 million, freeing funds for other safety priorities.
Dennis McFadden, executive director of Safe Schools, briefed the committee on July 17 about school-safety spending and recent infrastructure changes. McFadden said the renewed SRO agreement effective July 1, 2025, through June 30, 2028 is projected to cost “over $16,000,000,” up from more than $12.7 million under the prior three-year agreement that ended June 30, 2025. The nut graf: the safety presentation documented both a rising personnel cost tied to the state mandate for a safe-school officer on…
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