The Valley View School District Board of Education approved the hiring of Carter Larry as director of safety and security at the Dec. 11 regular board meeting.
Larry succeeds Leroy Brown, who served Valley View School District until his death on Oct. 31.
Larry is a familiar face in the Bolingbrook community, as he served as a member of the Bolingbrook Police Department for 20 years. His wide range of duties included service as a school liaison officer from 1999 through 2007.
Larry left the Bolingbrook Police Department in 2016 to become a security analyst for the Horton Group in Orland Park. Among his duties were to manage and implement security awareness in order to mitigate and manage risks for clients.
After serving in the U.S. Marine Corps for four years until 1990, Larry earned his bachelor’s degree, and then his master's degree from Judson University.
Larry has also served as an assistant girls basketball coach at Bolingbrook High School and has been a volunteer teen discussion leader for Helping-Enriching-Advising-Reaching-Teaching (HEART).