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Ferguson‑Florissant board approves SRO contract renewals, asks staff for campus safety data
Summary
The Ferguson‑Florissant R‑II School Board approved renewals of School Resource Officer contracts with the City of Florissant and St. Louis County but pulled the items from consent to request data on whether SROs have reduced on‑campus crime.
The Ferguson‑Florissant R‑II School Board approved renewals of School Resource Officer contracts with the City of Florissant Police Department and the St. Louis County Police Department on June 11, 2025, after pulling the items from the consent agenda to ask staff for data on campus crime trends and evaluations of SRO performance.
Board member Sheila, who moved to approve the renewals, said during the discussion, “I'm not suggesting that we don't need this partnership, but I but I am curious about whether or not anybody is keeping track of whether things are getting better because we have school resource officers in our schools.”
Board President Doctor Powell Walker and other board members agreed to approve the contracts after discussion. The vote recorded yes from Mancery, Bailey, Graves, Martin, Tyson and the board president. The full consent agenda had been approved earlier without the two SRO items; those two were voted on separately and approved.
Director Porter told the board the district tracks on‑campus arrests and related data and offered to provide numbers from the 2023‑24 school year. “We do have some numbers of, I know I have them for this year from the 2324 year ... we do look at the number of arrests that were made on campus. And by arrest, what that means is that a student it could have been a group fight,” Porter said, adding that some charged students were released to parents and required to appear in family court. Porter also said principals evaluate SROs to assess whether an officer is a good fit for a particular school.
Board members said they want a summary evaluation when contracts are renewed in the future. The discussion focused on whether the district’s data collection shows a reduction in campus crime tied to SRO presence and on how discipline‑and‑arrest data should inform renewals and budgeting decisions.
No dollar amounts or changes to the contract language were discussed on the record; the board’s request was limited to receiving campus arrest and evaluation data. The board did not ask staff to withhold approval pending additional analysis; the motion to renew passed and the contracts were approved.
The board’s action keeps the district’s SRO partnerships in place while directing staff to share historical campus arrest figures and to provide an evaluative summary for future contract renewals.
