Cumberland schools get grant to hire more school resource officers
Approximately 15 new sheriff’s deputies are to be hired as school resource officers for the Cumberland County Schools thanks to nearly $1 million in state grant money, Superintendent Marvin Connelly Jr. said Tuesday evening.The grant has $499,995 for the upcoming school year, and another $499,995 for the following year, Connelly said during a meeting of the Cumberland County Board of Education. The money is from a state school safety grants program the legislature created last […]
