A change at Bellows Free Academy-St. Albans gives shape to a question debated at schools across Vermont.
School Resource Officer or School Safety Officer: What's the difference?
Tag: school resource officers (SROs)
Maple Run school district to end school resource officer program by Oct. 1
The district’s school board voted Wednesday night to replace its school resource officer program with a new police liaison program instead.
Maple Run school resource officer program debate continues
“We can't stay here in the middle forever. We were elected to make decisions,” said school board member Peter DesLauriers.
Committee recommends changes in St. Albans school resource officer program
“These recommendations are certainly a beginning,” said John Nicholls, a parent in the district and co-chair of the committee. “But they need more work.”
ACLU, Legal Aid: Some schools are illegally using Medicaid dollars for police
At least two school districts — Maple Run in St. Albans and the North Country Supervisory Union — used Medicaid dollars last school year to pay for school police, according to a public records request the ACLU placed with the state. They were reimbursed about $139,000 in total.
Curtis Hier: In-school police can be a big asset, if they're like Officer Clemmons
We need a friendly cop in our elementary schools among our youngest schoolchildren. An Officer Clemmons. Someone the kids can trust. And the kids can bring that trust to high school.
Bill would prohibit school districts from hiring in-school police officers
“The evidence shows that students of color and students with disabilities are disproportionately arrested in schools. It's important to take a statewide approach to this issue.”
Several Vermont school districts consider nixing contracts with police
Many say officers in schools are assuming a disciplinary role, and students would be better served by social and mental health services.
The Deeper Dig: Do police make schools safer?
Skeptics are casting doubt on whether school resource officers are effective - and drawing attention to persistent disparities in how they treat students.
Amid policing debate, school resource officers under scrutiny
Law enforcement officers are stationed in more than half of Vermont's school districts. Are they keeping staff and students safer?
Burlington School Board recommends continued funding for school officers
The Vermont Racial Justice Alliance and over 1,000 callers to recent municipal meetings have called for the city to remove police officers from schools.
Community calls to remove police officers from Burlington schools at forum
The Burlington School Board is reconsidering its partnership with the Burlington Police Department amid calls from community members to remove police officers from schools.
Burlington School Board pushes back on Obeng's denial on SRO letter
School board chair and others say the outgoing superintendent viewed the letter and sent an email thanking those who drafted it.
Burlington superintendent unaware of SRO letter of support sent on district letterhead
School officials have endorsed the mayor's desire to keep the officers in schools, though the Vermont Racial Justice Alliance demands otherwise.