Ark. AG: School must name teachers in gun program
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — An Arkansas school district that trained more than 20 teachers and staff to carry concealed handguns on campus through a program that faces questions over its legality was wrong to make secret the names of the employees, the state's top attorney said Monday.
David Hopkins, Clarksville's superintendent, said he wanted to discuss the opinion with the district's attorney before deciding whether to release the names. The district approved the program to arm teachers and staff in response to the school shooting in Newtown, Conn., that left 20 children and six teachers dead in December.
Hopkins said the district had decided to withhold the names because of fears that participants in the program would be targeted.
"If someone were trying to put together some sort of plan, they would have a lot of information available to them if they knew who it was and where it was in the building," Hopkins said.
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