School board in Ohio plans to arm some non-teaching staffers with guns, perhaps even janitors
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}A rural school district in Ohio is drawing attention with its plans to arm a handful of its non-teaching employees with handguns this year — perhaps even janitors.
Officials say four employees in the Montpelier schools have agreed to take a weapons training course and carry their own guns inside the district's one building.
Superintendent Jamie Grime (GRIM) said Friday that "it's kind of a sign of the times."
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}The Toledo Blade reported that the employees were janitors. School officials would tell The Associated Press only that they were employees who don't directly supervise students and volunteered to carry a gun.
The move comes as districts and lawmakers across the nation weigh how to protect students following the December school massacre in Newtown, Conn.