This will be in addition to their school resource officers. Apparently the billboards Sheriff Richard K. Jones put up had an effect.
The article says "access to the weapons" which suggests they are locked up and the staff has to walk over to a locked box, unlock the box, remove the firearm, and possibly load it too, like other schools have said publically on television that they do, because heaven forbid you'd actually let the teachers carry them concealed. Still, it's a (baby) step in the right direction.
HAMILTON — One of Butler County’s largest school systems has agreed to arm staffers and use metal detectors on students after a meeting today with Sheriff Richard Jones and Hamilton’s police chief, the Journal-News has exclusively learned.
Just days after Jones posted a billboard in downtown Hamilton blasting city school officials for lax building security, school officials announced they will allow qualified staffers in schools to have access to firearms during the coming school year.
School staffers — which could include building administrators and teachers — will have to pass a series of qualifying hurdles to be eligible to have access to a firearm during the school day, said Knapp.
Staffers who are former law enforcement officers or military personnel with experience and certification in firearm operations will primarily comprise the candidate pool to have access to the weapons while working in schools, he said.
Criminal and other background checks will be also be required, Knapp said, and re-qualifications will be required periodically and closely monitored.
The use of metal detectors on students is another first for Hamilton Schools.
Knapp said the hand-held metal detectors — or “wands” — will be deployed “unannounced and randomly” during school days at buildings.
“We are coordinating both of these (security changes) with Hamilton Police,” he said.