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It's been a much-talked-about issue for weeks, and Barnegat got some resolution on it Tuesday night. The Board of Education voted to keep the shared services contract with the township that supplies two special resource officers, or SROs, in district schools. Each will be paid $58,066. (The board had previously voted down the contract, but had to vote again on the measure because not enough members were present for that initial vote to count.) Some say the SROs aren't necessary, and cost taxpayers too much money. If a school had an emergency and needed help from the police, they say, regular …

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