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Bennington schools to contract with Bennington Police Department for SRO services next year
Summary
District operations staff said the Bennington Police Department will provide school resource officer (SRO) services for the 2025–26 school year after Officer W. Raymaker retires from Douglas County; the district said it values the longstanding partnership with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office.
Bennington Public Schools officials told the board they plan to enter a contract with the Bennington Police Department to provide school resource officer services for the 2025–26 school year.
District operations staff said Officer W. Raymaker of the Douglas County system is retiring at the end of the current school year and the end of that tenure presented a natural transition point to negotiate a new agreement with the city police department. The district said it has had a long partnership with the Douglas County Sheriff's Office and expressed appreciation for that relationship while noting the new arrangement with the Bennington Police Department.
District staff characterized the change as a routine contractual arrangement and said they expect cooperation between the district and the city police department will support continuing school safety and security work. No formal vote on contract terms was recorded in the meeting transcript.
