Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Horne has called on the Phoenix Union High School District to reconsider its stance on armed officers at school campuses. The request follows a knife fight that occurred Monday at Carl Hayden Community High School.
Horne stated, “The safety of students, teachers and staff members at schools is not negotiable and a knife fight on the Carl Hayden campus Monday shows the dangers are increasing. This needs to stop immediately. The Phoenix Union governing board needs to reverse a terrible decision they made earlier this year when they rejected requests from the leadership of both Carl Hayden and Betty Fairfax high schools for armed officers on campus.”
Earlier in the year, leaders from both Carl Hayden and Betty Fairfax high schools had requested armed officers on their campuses, but those requests were turned down by the Phoenix Union governing board.
