Mayor would have forced police back into Denver schools if board didn’t act, Auon’tai Anderson alleges

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NEW: Mayor would have forced police back into Denver schools if board didn’t act, Auon’tai Anderson alleges

came after district leaders learned Mayor Michael Hancock planned to use executive action to force the matter, the board’s vice president alleged Monday.

“The decision that you saw was one responding to the moment, but also preserving the institution of the school board,” Anderson said of the board’s unanimous vote on Thursday. “We cannot be a school district where the mayor of Denver is signing executive orders to overhaul our duly elected school board.”

Hancock expressed support for the board’s decision last week, saying in a statement, “I appreciate this change in direction by the DPS school board, and believe it is the right decision. As I made clear to Superintendent Marrero yesterday, we stand ready to help him bring SROs back to our schools.” “Following the shootings at East High School last week, I spoke with Mayor Michael Hancock and others about immediate solutions to the gun problem that we are increasingly facing,” Marrero said in a statement. “This included the full support of the mayor and his office to ensure that our scholars remain safe in our schools. During the closed executive session with the DPS Board of Education on Thursday, I shared several items that were discussed by myself and many other people.

The model includes policies on how directors should conduct themselves and says the board should speak with “one voice.” Anderson said last year that he believes Gaytán’s implementation of the policy prevents directors from speaking individually to the community on issues affecting the district.

 

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