EDUCATION New school resource officers assigned to Keller ISD campuses
SCHOOL ASSIGNMENTS Keller ISD will have 12 school resource officers provided by three cities this school year. In the chart below, each dot represents one resource officer. Key: Fort Worth Keller Colleyville
BY CODY THORN
funding the city’s portion of the SRO cost, which is a 50-50 split between the city and KISD. In the wake of the Robb Elemen- tary School shooting in Uvalde in May, Trustee Ruthie Keyes ques- tioned whether the high school SROs would respond to other schools in the district. Kevin Kinley, KISD director of safety and security, noted these SROs will respond to calls at elementary and middle schools in Fort Worth. “Police officers are going to do what they have to do; they will respond if we need them,” Kinley said. “That is their job, and that is what they are going to have to do. They will help us out as much as they possibly can.” In addition to SROs inside the campuses, Fort Worth patrol officers will check on schools within their assigned districts, officials said.
Timber Creek High School Fossil Ridge High School
Keller Center for Advanced Learning and Indian Springs Middle School will share one officer. One mobile officer will support the remaining 25 campuses in the city.
More school resource officers, or SROs, will be at Keller ISD locations within the city limits of Fort Worth this school year. The district’s board of trustees approved an agreement Aug. 22 between the city and the school district to provide two additional officers—for a total of seven—for the 2022-23 school year. The city of Fort Worth will again cover the full cost of a mobile officer, while the school district and city will split the costs for six other officers who will be located at the Fort Worth high schools. The contract starts Oct. 1 and runs until Sept. 30, 2023. The contract this school year is for nearly $1.62 million with Keller paying $809,946. Last year the amount for four officers was $526,586. The Fort Worth Crime Control and Prevention District will assist with
Keller High School Keller Middle School Central High School
Bear Creek Intermediate School Liberty Elementary
SOURCE: KELLER ISD, COLLEYVILLE POLICE DEPARTMENT/COMMUNITY IMPACT NEWSPAPER
When asked about the cost to have a dedicated officer at each KISD campus, Kinley said that number would depend on a lot of factors. “It’s not just the cost, but it is the availability and what cities can provide for us,” he said. The command staff involved in the Fort Worth SRO program includes one detective, five sergeants, two relief officers and one lieutenant, who is in charge of the unit, in addition to the officers within the schools.
A total of 12 SROs will be working within KISD this school year across three cities. KISD’s anticipated cost for Keller police officers is $391,364, which includes three full-time officers and one less-than-full-time officer. KISD’s Liberty Elementary School in Colleyville will have a school resource officer provided by the Col- leyville Police Department. The cost for one officer at Liberty is $90,529, according to Colleyville Police.
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