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Wayne parents press board to keep police officers after contract change amid $7.1 million shortfall
Summary
At an April 3 public meeting, parents and educators urged the Wayne Board of Education not to remove school resource officers after the district reported a canceled contract with the Wayne Police Department and outlined a roughly $7.1 million budget gap. Board officials said a resolution and more details are forthcoming.
At its April 3 meeting, the Wayne Board of Education faced sustained public comment urging officials to maintain police-based school resource officers after the district said a contract with the Wayne Police Department for Class III/school resource officers had been canceled.
“Leave them in the building,” Jeff Diverter, an educator and parent, said. “No child can learn, no teacher can teach if they do not feel completely safe.” Multiple parents and teachers told the board they view SROs as trusted figures who do more than enforcement and warned that replacing them with board-hired guards or third-party contractors could reduce accountability and response capabilities.
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