Southern Cayuga school board discusses SROs

POPLAR RIDGE -- The Southern Cayuga Central School District Board of Education wants to know what exactly is the point of a school resource officer.

During a board meeting on Monday evening lasting just under three hours, members asked district superintendent Mary Kay Worth to arrange a meeting with the supervisor of Deputy John Nedza, who works with the Cayuga County Sheriff's Office and is the district's SRO, to explain in detail the responsibilities and goals of a SRO.

"Is he here for security?" board member Jim Wilcox asked. "If so, we need a person here all the time when the school is open, if that's the reason. If not, why?"