Peters Township Council on Monday agreed to a request by the school district to post an officer at the high school beginning today and for the 17 days remaining in the school year.
Township Manager Michael Silvestri said the school district made the request and that two officers will alternate duty at the school. He said the district will be charged $31.66 per hour to cover the salaries of the officers.
Peters Township Police Chief Harry Fruecht said “they are concerned about the recent event and also other things going on up there.”
On April 30, a Peters Township High School student, Taylor Christian DiBart of 117 Simmons Road, McMurray, was charged as an adult with a felony count of aggravated assault after police said he struck a fellow student, Hunter Braden, with a metal baseball bat at DiBart’s home.
Braden was hospitalized with a head injury.
In another incident, two Peters Township High School students were to receive citations following a fight in the cafeteria, May 4, township police said.