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School board approves two-year contract to keep school resource officer but plans budget amendment
Summary
The board approved a two-year contract with the county sheriff to maintain a school resource officer at about $65,000 per year for 2025–26 and 2026–27; administrators said the district will need a budget amendment to cover about $20,000 above current budgeted amounts.
The Custer School District 16-1 board voted to approve a two-year contract with the county sheriff's department to retain a school resource officer (SRO) for the upcoming school years.
Administrators told the board they had met with county commissioners and sheriff's staff after local law-enforcement staffing losses put the district's SRO in jeopardy. "We will enter a contract with our sheriff's department for two years," one administrator said, describing a…
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