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Resident offers to buy school "gun-free zone" signs, urges metal detectors and posted officers
Summary
Clyde Nicholson told the council he bought a package of signage for $450 and asked for permission to post 'Bridgeport school, gun free zone' signage at Geraldine Johnson and suggested two officers per school and metal detectors to improve safety; the transcript records the cost but no formal city response.
Clyde Nicholson, a Bridgeport resident, asked the council for permission to post 'Bridgeport school, gun free zone' signs at Geraldine Johnson and said he purchased a package of signs that cost $450.
Nicholson urged a security upgrade at schools, recommending two officers stationed to check students in and out during school hours and advocating metal detectors at entrances so that everyone entering would be screened. When the moderator asked how much he paid for the signs, Nicholson said he "got a package deal on them for 450," adding that he bought enough signs to cover Geraldine Johnson and several other schools.
Nicholson framed the request as an urgent step to protect children, citing national school shootings as motivation for local action. The transcript records his offer and his cost figure; it does not record a council decision or staff response to the proposed signage or security measures.
