Board hears SRO redesign data; advisory recommends an additional officer for North Side coverage
Trustees heard a review of the SRO (school resource officer) redesign: three SROs cover the district by region, the advisory recommended increasing to four SROs amid higher North-side demand, and staff described call-prioritization changes that raised handled-call rates from 72% to 86% under earlier procedures.
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District staff reviewed the School Resource Officer model and the SRO advisory's recent analysis. Under the redesign, three SROs are assigned by region to public and private schools; staff presented data showing SRO-handled call-response rates rose from 72% to 86% during early implementation but noted that achieving higher response rates sometimes meant SROs were conducting cross-school follow-up rather than processing on-the-spot incidents.
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