Rockingham County Schools will be receiving nearly $1.2 million in grants for elementary school resource officers and safety equipment. The district is the recipient of two school safety grants from the North Carolina Center for Safety Schools at the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction totaling nearly $1.2 million.

RCS is receiving a $599,900 grant for new School Resource Officers (SROs), and will also receive $587,978 for school safety equipment. The SRO grant will allow Rockingham County Schools to deploy a School Resource Officer at each of its 13 elementary schools.

The district currently has three elementary school SROs covering zones across Rockingham County in addition to the SROs at each high school and middle school. The school safety equipment grant will allow for more school security, cameras, reunification kits, school radios, and WiFi hotspots for reunification sites.