Reader questions cost of Mehlville School District’s 2024 SRO contract – St. Louis Call Newspapers

To the editor:

Almost $86,000 for each school resource officer? That’s more than I made with 28 years of experience and two master’s degrees. 

They should be paying their teachers more if they’re willing to pay that for SROs. 

Ed Taylor

Ste. Genevieve

Editor’s note: The Mehlville Board of Education approved a contract with the St. Louis County Police Department on June 6 for school resource officers. Seven officers and five patrol vehicles will be assigned to the district, with the initial one-year term costing $601,513.95 to cover the officers’ salaries and vehicles.