Breaux Bridge – The St. Martin Parish School Board voted to have the school district staff look into other options for school security officers after the proposed contract with St. Martin Parish Sheriff Becket Breaux’s office for School Resource Officers increased by nearly 43 percent.
School Superintendent Frederick Wiltz said the sheriff is requesting a 67-33 percent split instead of the 50-50 split the parish and sheriff had previously.
Part of the increase was due to the sheriff increasing pension pay by 7.25 percent this year rather than giving raises, the board was told. The other part of the increase was because the school board will now pay for eight months of the SRO contract with the sheriff paying for four months, instead of the previous 50-50 split.
