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Mentor schools approve memorandum with city to hire retired officers as full‑time school safety officers
Summary
The Mentor Exempted Village Board of Education voted 5-0 to approve a memorandum of understanding and related contract language to hire retired police officers as full‑time School Safety Officers (SSOs). The district plans a phased hiring schedule and must still secure final approval from the City of Mentor.
The Mentor Exempted Village Board of Education on Feb. 11 approved a memorandum of understanding with the City of Mentor to place uniformed School Safety Officers in district buildings and amended the contract language to specify the positions as full time.
The board’s action came after Superintendent Craig Heath presented a contract and an implementation timeline. “We plan on posting the first 2 positions 1 for Memorial and 1 for Shore in early March with the hope of bringing the first 2 SSO's on board right after spring break,” Superintendent Craig Heath said. He described the hiring as phased: two officers after spring break, two more in August 2025, two additional in August 2026 and a final two in August 2027, with retired officers or…
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