School Board votes 4-1 to allow teachers with CCWs to carry concealed in classes.

[GreenStormCloud]

http://abcnews.go.com/US/ore-school-board-votes-staff-pack-heat-school/story?id=20692287

A school board in St. Helens, Ore., voted to allow teachers and staff to pack heat on school grounds, an official said.

St. Helens School Board chairman Marshall Porter told ABCNews.com that the board lifted a ban that prevented school employees from carrying guns on campus with concealed weapons permits on Wednesday.

"The current law in Oregon allows for anybody to concealed carry on school grounds," he said. "To exclude our staff seems like they're being punished. They should have a right to protect themselves if they so choose."

The repeal affects the seven schools within the St. Helens School District, including two elementary schools, one middle school, one high school and three alternative schools, Porter said.

More at link.

Emails from parents are running strongly supportive of the decision.

My prediction: Nothing will happen and it will cease to be a story.

[doc03]

1. What could go wrong there? n/t

[redstatebluegirl]

2. The Wild Wild West is alive and well all over the country.

[GreenStormCloud]

3. What will you do if nothing happens?

There is a school in Texas where some of the teachers pack and nothing has happened.

[doc03]

4. I am sure there are many schools around the country that allow

CCW eventually it is going to go horribly wrong.

[madinmaryland]

5. Note to self: NEVER move to St. Helens, Oregon. The school board should be committed to a mental

facility.