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Eau Claire board approves OE4 monitoring report after extended discussion on school resource officers
Summary
Superintendent Johnson presented OE4 monitoring results (most indicators in compliance with exception); the board debated sunsetting school resource officers and heard principals describe SRO roles as relationship- and resource-focused. The board approved OE4 by voice vote and passed routine consent items earlier in the meeting.
The Eau Claire Area School Board voted to approve the OE4 (student learning environment) monitoring report after an extended discussion about the district’s use of school resource officers (SROs) and whether those positions could be phased out as behavioral and mental‑health staff are hired.
Superintendent Johnson reviewed nine OE4 subheadings and said most areas were “in compliance with exception,” noting examples such as staff verification rates and student climate metrics. “We really would like to move that to an 8, 6,” Johnson said while reviewing indicator-level details and compliance targets; he also cited a staff verification measure that reached about 97.5% in 2023 and a student climate/TFI result that improved from 55% to 74%.
Board members asked when the district could…
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