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Parents and teachers press board over transparency after vote to return SROs
Summary
Multiple parents, a teacher and a law professor criticized the board’s March decision to return school resource officers (SROs), arguing the process lacked transparency and raising concerns about racial disparities, student trauma and potential immigration enforcement implications.
Several parents, a teacher and a law professor used the public-comment period at the May 1 Charlottesville City School Board meeting to press the board for transparency and community involvement after what attendees described as a March 27 vote to return school resource officers (SROs) to city schools.
"The school board voted 4 to 2 to put armed police officers back in Charlottesville City Schools," Natalie Aviles, who identified herself as a parent, told the board. Aviles said the vote happened without adequate public notice and…
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