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Presenter cites $75,026 school security positions grant referenced to Pickett County Public Schools
Summary
During the meeting the presenter referenced a $75,026 Department of Criminal Justice Services grant for school security officer positions tied in the transcript to Pickett County Public Schools and described the result as adding an additional security officer at Bassett and Hackney Vista high schools (two officers per school).
During the FY27 budget discussion the presenter (speaker 2) said the Department of Criminal Justice Services awarded $75,026 from a school security officer positions grant. The presenter stated the award "has awarded Pickett County Public Schools a total of $75,026" and described those funds as supporting an additional security position at Bassett High School and Hackney Vista High School, bringing those schools to two security officers each.
The transcript attributes the grant language to the presenter; it names Pickett County Public Schools rather than Henry County. The presenter framed the grant as additive to existing school security officers rather than a replacement: "These funds are approved to help fund an additional security position...in addition to the...security school security officers that we already have in each school. So each school would now have 2 school security officers."
What remains to be verified: the transcript explicitly references Pickett County Public Schools as the grant recipient. The meeting also discussed local funding for Henry County; the text does not record a district action to accept or apply the grant for Henry County Public Schools. The board did not record a public vote on grant acceptance in the provided segments.
Next step: verification with staff or grant documents is needed to confirm which district the grant supports and whether Henry County Public Schools will receive or replicate similar funding.
