School Resource Officers Tony Woollen and Jeremy Shull kick off every Thursday morning with a flavorful tradition: burritos.
Before classes start at 8:40 a.m., they turn on the skillet in their third floor office and start scrambling eggs and cooking sausage to put in 30 to 35 breakfast burritos for any students who arrive before the bell.
This tradition started in 2019 when a former student would bring burritos to eat with Woollen and former SRO officer Seth Meyer. After the student graduated, Woollen continued making burritos — and students started showing up and supplying ingredients like eggs and cheese to enjoy them.
“We had to get [a] bigger griddle just to meet the demand of how many kids are coming in [the office],” Woollen said. “We have so many people eating burritos in here, and it’s just a flipping blast.”
Woollen and Shull don’t want to be seen as “scary cops.” Sure, their job description requires them to enforce laws, provide criminal counseling and educate students ...
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