Tamaqua school district parents and anti-gun violence advocates held a press conference Thursday to announce the filing of a lawsuit against the district over a controversial policy to arm teachers.

School board members who supported policy 705 were also on hand to speak to the media about the controversial policy. 

Three Tamaqua area school district parents and another district resident filed a lawsuit Thursday against the school district arguing that the policy to arm teachers violates state law. 

Holly Koscak, Darrell Flack, Angela Flack, and Sara Thierer filed a suit Thursday afternoon in Schuylkill County Common Pleas Court. 

Koscak and Angela Flack appeared Friday at a press conference alongside representatives from CeaseFirePA, an anti-gun violence group, and Tamaqua Parents for Safe Schools. 

School board president Larry Wittig was on hand along with board member Nick Boyle, who proposed policy 705. They defended the policy which was passed by the board in July.