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Springdale moves from middle-school SROs to CSSOs, deploys weapons-detection system at events
Summary
District safety coordinator reported deployment of a weapons-detection system at events and described a transition from school resource officers to civilian school safety officers (CSSOs) at several middle schools and one elementary school.
Larry Little, the district safety coordinator, told the Springdale School Board on Sept. 9 that the district continues to expand campus safety measures, reporting both technology deployments and staff restructuring.
Little said the district deployed an Open Gate weapons-detection system at school board meetings and athletic events and has used it at state basketball and wrestling…
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