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Parents urge limits on armed SROs as Stoughton board begins contract talks with police

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Public commenters asked the Stoughton Area School District board to require that any school resource officer (SRO) be unarmed on campus, receive restorative-justice training, be subject to board approval and be hired on a one-year contract; district staff said formal contract talks with the police chief will begin in March.

Public commentators urged the Stoughton Area School District Board of Education not to finalize a school resource officer (SRO) contract without strict conditions, and district staff told the board formal discussions with the Stoughton Police Department are starting in March.

In a written comment read into the record, Nicole Monahan urged the board not to move forward with an SRO contract and listed conditions the board should require if it proceeds. “The…

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