With the national conversation on school safety increasing in the wake of the deadly shooting in Parkland, FL last month, Orange County Commissioners are considering ways to strengthen safety in public schools.
Chair of the Orange County Board of Commissioners Mark Dorosin says that some renovations and improvements that will be made with the $125 million bond made available to Orange County in 2016 will address safety issues.
“There is always continuing talk about the resources schools need, particularly around counselors, social workers and mental health support,” said Dorosin.
Dorosin says he is “encouraged” to see Orange County schools focusing on the preventative nature of school safety and hopes to further that.
“At least in that case the student who committed the crime gave lots of signals,” said Dorosin. “People were saying they knew and they had seen things, so one of the questions we had was what are the schools doing when they get those signals?”
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