The Warren County R-III School Board has renewed its annual contract with the city of Warrenton for …
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The Warren County R-III School Board has renewed its annual contract with the city of Warrenton for safety personnel provided by the city.
Under the memorandum of understanding presented, the city provides the district with three crossing guards and four school resource officers (SROs).
The contract runs January 1-December 31, 2026. The district will pay three-quarters of the cost of the crossing guards and two-thirds of the cost for the resource officer. Superintendent Dr. Gregg Klinginsmith said the total budget for guards and resource officers is $275,000
“This is the same contract we had before,” said Klinginsmith at the January school board meeting.
The groundwork of the agreement maintains that the goals of the resource officers continue to be: “To reduce incidents of school violence; to maintain a safe and secure environment on school grounds; the reduction of criminal offenses committed by juveniles and young adults; and to establish a rapport between the SROs and students and the SROs and parents, faculty, staff and administrators.”
Board Secretary Carolyn Spraggs introduced an amendment to provide for more officer training through the upcoming Missouri School Safety Conference in April in St. Louis.
Spraggs said that the district's depth of training is required by state law. Currently, there are only two individuals in the district with the necessary training.
“It’s training that we’re required to have two people in the district trained in, according to SB 68,” Spraggs said. “I and (Assistant Superintendent) Dr. (Brad) Ross have this training. I requested that they get that extra training (through the SROs) for someone that’s not me and not (Dr. Ross) because he is going to be out of the country soon. The people at CES (the training at the conference) said it would be advantageous for our SROs to be the ones trained.”
Spraggs said that, while the training used to be free, it now costs $100.
“We would also pick up any mileage and meals,” Klinginsmith said.
The board approved the contracts with the training amendment by unanimous vote.
