Tuckerton officials have offered to place an armed police officer in the Tuckerton Elementary School five days a week during school hours.
The day after the lockdown of the school because of an active shooter alert in Tuckerton, district Superintendent Janet Gangemi received a call from the borough administrator saying the townwould be willing to assign an officer to the school if the school would kick in $20,000 toward the officer’s salary.
The proposal was approvedat the Nov. 25 board of education meeting.
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