The school board says the plan was always to arm security staff.
The Parma City School District has specified that only district security staff who have received certification by the Parma Police Department and district approval will be allowed to carry guns on school property.
“We never had any intent to arm teachers; I think that’s important to say,” said superintendent Charles Smialek. “We understand how the resolution was explained in some media outlets and we understand that I, personally, didn’t do the best job of communicating. It will be our security team only that we are planning to arm,” Smialek said.
This will be the first time Parma City Schools will allow armed staff, but the district already hires police officers to serve as school resource officers, or SROs, at Normandy High School, Valley Forge High School, Greenbriar Middle School and Shiloh Middle School.
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