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District presents SRO and after‑hours security contract changes that cut roughly $813,918 from safety contracts
Summary
Security director said the district negotiated contract changes that convert North State patrols from two to one overnight officer, shift to 10‑month SRO contracts and move some positions to unarmed security; staff presented savings estimates and answered questions about incident rates and pepper‑fogger language in contracts.
Chad Williams, the district’s director of security, briefed the board on June 10 about fiscal‑year 2025‑26 contracts for school resource officers with the Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office, Kernersville Police Department, and the after‑hours security contract with North State.
Williams said the sheriff’s office contract for SROs would drop from an initial FY24‑25 value of $4,732,610 to a proposed FY25‑26 figure of $4,088,136, a projected savings of $644,474. The Kernersville Police Department contract would fall from $717,264 to $602,421 (savings of $114,843). The district is also moving from a 12‑month to a 10‑month contract for those law enforcement positions, which Williams said better matched the school calendar and reduced…
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