Shelbyville Central Schools board accepts $100,000 security grant for school resource officers

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The Shelbyville Central Schools board accepted the Indiana Secured School Safety grant Wednesday at its monthly meeting at the administrative office.

The grant agreement provides SCS with $100,000 that the school system will use for its School Resource Officer (SRO) program. To receive the grant, SCS must match the grant with its own $100,000 investment.

“That’s what we use to pay our school resource officers with,” said Shelbyville Central Schools Superintendent Dr. Matt Vance. “It doesn’t cover the entire amount of money we use for SROs but it covers a big part of it. We appreciate that very much. It’s very important for us to get that every year.”

City of Shelbyville police officers and local sheriffs assist with security in SCS’ five buildings. Not only are the officers a visible part of the SCS security plan, they also interact with students on a daily basis.

“I say this all the time that school safety is our No.1 priority,” said Vance. “We continue to look for ways to improve the safety of our facilities for our students and staff. We always want to make sure we are not overlooking anything.

“We have a great relationship with local law enforcement, the Shelbyville Police Department and the Shelby County Sheriff’s Department. Our school resource officers do an amazing job.”

In other board business Wednesday:

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