LIVE: Providence Teachers Union Head Blasts Trump’s Guns in Schools Proposal
Saturday, February 24, 2018
Maribeth Calabro, President of the Providence Teachers Union, appeared on GoLocal LIVE where she spoke out against President Donald Trump's support for having armed teachers, in the wake of the latest deadly school shooting in Florida.
Calabro also spoke to the need for increased support for mental health services for students, as well as her backing of legislation to be introduced by Representative Greg Amore that would appropriate additional state school and housing reimbursement for renovation and construction in schools that follows national school security best practices.
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