Palm Beach County's school district may have sent two employees through the training to become armed "guardians" on campus, but they're no closer to giving teachers or administrators guns, according to Superintendent Mike Burke.
Burke said the district sent two employees through the 180-hour training program this summer. One was an unnamed assistant principal and the other was Ed Tierney, deputy superintendent and chief of schools.
Burke said while he was "impressed" by the firearms training, the school board hasn't endorsed arming teachers or school staff.
"We don’t have a plan to expand and start adding guardians to our schools," Burke said Wednesday morning at a workshop with Palm Beach County's legislative delegation.
