The number of security guards in city public schools is down 44 percent in more than a decade, resulting in a shortage that sometimes forces the district to shuffle officers around to multiple schools over the course of a single day.
That security staffing issue was one of the topics discussed at the Board of Alders Education Committee’s workshop with New Haven Public Schools (NHPS) leadership during the committee’s Wednesday meeting, held in the Aldermanic Chamber on the second floor of City Hall.
The district currently has 56 security officers, NHPS Supt. Madeline Negrón told alders, a “significant reduction” from 100 in 2010 — though she hopes to hire four more security guards with money allotted in the Fiscal Year 2024 – 25 (FY25) budget…