One day after our 7 News Senior Reporter Eileen Buckley learned first Tuesday that armed security guards would be at all 29 Catholic elementary schools in Western New York, we heard from some parents.

Joleen Dimitroff, superintendent, Catholic Schools in Western New York for the Catholic Diocese of Buffalo, told me Tuesday they've been working “behind the scenes” the past ten days since the deadly Catholic school shooting in Minneapolis and hired a security firm to place armed guards at the Catholic elementary schools.

A letter from the superintendent was sent out to inform school families about the decision, but not everyone is pleased.

One Catholic school parent who does not want to be identified gave me a copy of a letter she sent to the superintendent, urging her to “reconsider”, c

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