Two local districts ask state for more than $300,000 in school safety grants

By Christina Lewis Collegian Reporter

Two local school districts are seeking state grants to hire more school resource officers.

“We all believe that it’d be great to have a school resource officer in all of our districts. The problem is funding,” Troy Reehl, superintendent of Hillsdale County Intermediate School District, said. “If money wasn’t an issue, school resource officers would already be in schools.”

Hillsdale Community Schools applied for a grant of $167,547 and Hillsdale County ISD applied for a grant of $147,410, according to the Michigan State Police Office of School Safety.