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Residents urge alternatives to on-campus arrests; district schedules community safety meeting
Summary
Multiple public commenters urged the Putnam County School Board to reduce arrests of young students on school campuses and adopt alternative responses. The superintendent scheduled a community meeting for June 17 to coordinate schools, law enforcement and community partners on youth safety.
Community members on April 28 told the Putnam County School Board that arrests of young students on campus are traumatic and damage trust between students and school staff. Margaret Ellington (S6) described media circulation of arrest images and called for alternatives to routinely bringing law enforcement into school discipline, saying the practice "creates fear rather than foster a…
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