No police officer needed at Holy Family school

By a 4-1 vote, supervisors in South Strabane Township have permitted a special needs school to continue to operate without a full-time police officer.

The Holy Family Learning Center, 1530 Hillcrest Ave., has operated for more than a year without an officer in the building during school hours.

At Tuesday’s meeting the board reviewed 14 calls for police response between October and December with Dr. Pamela Kovacs, executive director at the school.

The number of calls were misleading, Kovacs said, noting that two were service calls for a false alarm and another call when school was not in session.