There will be a police presence at each school in a Virginia county after a board of supervisors approved a request in the wake of the mass shooting in Uvalde, Texas.
In a 6-0 vote, the Montgomery County Board of Supervisors approved a $150,000 fund for additional officers to be stationed at the eight schools in the area during a meeting on Monday, June 27.
The funds will mean at least one school resource officer (SRO) will be at each school in the county. But, the board’s approved measure does not extend to the towns of Christiansburg and Blacksburg, which are not covered by the county’s…