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Residents ask Saugerties school board to reinstate SRO Travis Winchell after disciplinary incident
Summary
More than 650 petitioners and multiple speakers urged the Saugerties Central School District Board on June 10 to reinstate School Resource Officer Travis Winchell, citing long-standing relationships with students and concerns about transparency after an unspecified disciplinary incident.
More than 650 people signed a petition asking the Saugerties Central School District Board to reinstate School Resource Officer Travis Winchell at the high school, residents said at the board’s June 10 meeting.
The request came during the meeting’s public comment period, when residents were permitted to speak on any topic. Allison, identified in the record only by her first name, read a petition letter representing “over 650 concerned petitioners” and asked the board and the superintendent to return Officer Winchell to his prior assignment.
The petition letter said Officer Winchell had worked in the district eight years and "earned the trust and…
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