Newly elected Vancouver School Board trustees are grappling with whether to reinstate a program that allowed police officers to work inside schools, as community members argue that the previous board was right to cancel the initiative.
The previous school board removed police officers from schools in April, 2021, after months of research and public consultation. An independentfound VSB students had a range of experiences with the program. While 53 per cent of all the students surveyed said they agreed it had contributed to a sense of safety in schools, only 15 per cent of Black students and 47 per cent of Indigenous students agreed.
“Many of us in the community had worked very hard to have it removed from the school system, specifically because it causes harm to Indigenous people,” Ms. Brown said.
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