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A month after the Newton school shooting rocked the nation; residents are still weighing in on gun control and school safety. In many Monmouth County towns, schools are working with their police forces to ensure safety. In response to updates from Patch editors, readers are commenting that schools need more protection and using outlets on Patch to express their concerns and as a way to call others residents to action. Marlboro made headlines earlier this month, when armed officers became a visible site in all Marlboro schools. In an article from Marlboro-Colts Neck Patch, the Marlboro Board of Education said that the decision to temporarily place officers in every school would cost the district an estimated $100,000 for 90 days. Other …
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MikeysBaileysmom
1:12 pm on Saturday, January 19, 2013
100% agree, we need to ensure our children's safety at ANY cost! i live in a town where our taxes are over the top, why not allocate a portion of our already-too-high-taxes to make sure when we send our kids to school they return safely every day? I would imagine given this same question, Newtown, Columbine and all other parents of kids sitting innocently in their classrooms, colleges, movie … more ›