While the Cherokee School District was doing all it could do. It was decided more could be done to protect the children.

Teachers In the Cherokee School District will soon be able to carry guns, Teachers who want to will have to take to sign up and take monthly gun training.

The decision was made after the district took a unanimous poll. Parents agreed more has to be done to protect the children, and others wanted no the training teachers would go through.

In August, Spirit Lake School District adopted a gun policy.