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lunasun

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6. underpaid and overworked janitors handed a Glock and a few days training is proof

Reply to CanonRay (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 12, 2013, 01:04 PM

Jan 2013

the bottom line is $$$ not safety of children here imo. The end of the pay scale workers could be a scapegoat for any violence too....
Also this job is more stable in union schools but if this caught on what is the turn over for this position in low paying charters??? Lets hope this is only one school dist's stupid idea + doesnt catch on elsewhere but this real
not the Onion

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Armed Janitors Approved By Montpelier, Ohio, School Board To Stop School Shootings [View all] lunasun Jan 2013 OP

Come out with your hands up! I need to clean in there! Loudly Jan 2013 #1

DUzy! TheCowsCameHome Jan 2013 #5

Janitors with guns.... defacto7 Jan 2013 #2

What possibly could go wrong? Sherman A1 Jan 2013 #3

The key phrase here is "minimal training" CanonRay Jan 2013 #4

underpaid and overworked janitors handed a Glock and a few days training is proof lunasun Jan 2013 #6

this was my first thought too BlancheSplanchnik Jan 2013 #7

Dangerous minds at work unprotecting children. n/t Jefferson23 Jan 2013 #8