VA: Lee County first school in state to approve arming teachers
Posted: Thu Jul 19, 2018 9:34 am
https://www.wjhl.com/local/lee-county-s ... 1299163622
School will pay for guns and training.Lee County is the first in Virginia to allow teachers to have guns in schools. The board confirmed tonight that teachers will be armed starting this fall, as soon as October.
The board says the process has been a year in the making and has been met with majority support from teachers and parents, who want to be prepared in the event of a mass shooting.
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Many Lee County teachers have already volunteered to be considered for the role of being armed at their school. One former teacher tells News Channel 11 that most teachers would be willing to go face-to-face with a gunman if it meant saving one of their students.