RCMP Const. Bryce Haight has been appointed School Safety Resource Officer for Pictou County. (Reusch photo)

Thousands of students from across Pictou County will head back to school Friday – back to classes and faces they may not have seen all summer.
The students of Northumberland Regional High School will see a new face in their hallways this year.
Const. Bryce Haight has been appointed School Safety Resource Officer for Pictou County and will have an office at NRHS for the next three years.
The position was announced last fall by the provincial government and Haight started his position last week at the high school.
“I have a fully functional office set up here for students, staff or parents with any issue the police can assist with that is school society related,” says Haight.
The officer, who has been with the RCMP for three years, will spend four days a week at NRHS and will be travelling to all the other schools in the county.
“My intention is also to be in the cla...