Morgan Calls on Kilmartin to Use Remaining Google Funds to Secure Schools

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Morgan Calls on Kilmartin to Use Remaining Google Funds to Secure Schools

Patricia Morgan
Republican gubernatorial candidate Patricia Morgan is calling on Attorney General Peter Kilmartin to use the rest of the Google settlement funds to secure schools.

Morgan says, it is estimated that $32 million of that settlement remains. Others say the number is much lower.

Morgan’s request comes two weeks after 17 people were killed in a shooting at a high school in Parkland, Florida.

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Morgan released the following statement:

"Each school is unique, and the appropriate measures may vary. Bulletproof glass, automatic locks for outer doors, containment entryways, advanced technology or other measures may be appropriate.  Expert advice must be solicited, and the most effective measures must be installed first and fast. We must do all we can to ensure that our children and their teachers are protected. Luckily, the Google funds give us the welcome ability to immediately begin addressing lapses in our schools’ security." 

I call on the Attorney General to convene a commission comprised of school officials and security and law enforcement experts to immediately begin the process of making our schools safe and protect our students, teachers and school staff.  They deserve to go to school confident that they will return home to their families at the end of every day."


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