Less than a month after four men were found not guilty on charges of carrying firearms to a meeting of the Gloucester County School Board, the board unanimously approved a resolution establishing the T.C. Walker Education Center as a gun-free zone.
“This resolution for now is focused just on T.C. Walker,” said school board chairman Troy Andersen. “We’ll probably have some additional discussion about other school board-owned facilities across the county, like the transportation facility.
“But this version is the version that the county attorney, school attorney [Ted] Wilmot did review and defines as defensible and advisable,” he continued.
“You are absolutely correct,” said superintendent of schools Dr. Anthony Vladu. “We will consider additional school properties, but we again will need to do additional legal research and review.”
The board voted 4-0 to approve the resolution during Tuesday night’s meeting in the T.C. Walker Education Center auditorium, with members Carlton Drew, Karen...