The mother of a slain Apalachee High School student is pushing for the Barrow County Commission to approve funding for School Resource Officers. Breanna Schermerhorn addressed the Barrow County School Board Tuesday evening. She is the mother of 14-year-old Mason Schermerhorn, who was among the four killed in a school shooting last September.

“On September 4, it was School Resource Officers who ended the threat, not a policy, not a press release,” Said Schermerhorn. “Trained officers on campus who responded in seconds and saved countless lives. They didn’t just show up, they acted because their POST certification holds them to a duty. A duty to protect, a duty to intervene, and a duty to never freeze when our children are in danger.”

Commissioners determined that the use of county mainten

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