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Parents, Indigenous advocates urge Greenfield district to invest LCAP funds in student supports rather than police
Summary
Multiple speakers during public comment at the May 29 Greenfield Union School District board meeting asked trustees not to use LCAP/supplemental funds to contract police officers and instead to invest in bilingual services, speech therapy, mental health and community workers.
Parents, students and community organizers urged the Greenfield Union School District board of trustees May 29 to direct Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF) supplemental and concentration funds toward student supports — including mental health services, speech-language therapy, bilingual instruction and community liaisons — rather than contracting police or school resource officers.
Speakers affiliated with Parents United and local indigenous and community organizations said they had identified high rates of chronic absenteeism and suspensions among students with special needs and students experiencing homelessness and argued that adding police to campuses would not address those root causes.
"We don't consider that suspending students be the solution because these practices place youth at risk and affect their educational outcomes," said Liliana…
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