meeting has begun. agenda is lengthy and the issue of police in schools is the very last item. main room is packed, as is the balconypic.twitter.com/nWuxUTEJKD
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meeting has begun. agenda is lengthy and the issue of police in schools is the very last item. main room is packed, as is the balconypic.twitter.com/nWuxUTEJKD
a @tdsb staff member is now addressing the report that recommends removing police from schools. staff says many students "felt intimidated, uncomfortable and unsafe."
the board has mostly preferred this conversation about how kids "feel" to addressing the real-life negative consequences of police in schools.
trustee @GerryGershon is upset that the staff is recommending cancellation of the program. she says "the tdsb should never walk away," from improving relations between students and police. gershon ends by calling the recommendation a "cop out." oh gerry...pic.twitter.com/6RFG5QHyJh
trustee @jenniferstoryTO says polling students and acting on a majority opinion is not enough, that students most affected by police in schools are the priority. "I hope we can do something tonight that we can be very very proud of."pic.twitter.com/vmUiM3BUK9
trustee @ausmalik thanks staff for the report, and thanks activists for their advocacy. she calls tonight a moment where the board has to "walk our talk"pic.twitter.com/v7qQz3zcbv
student trustee shams mehdi says he and fellow student trustee rakeeb hossain are voting to end the police program. both of them have centred the experiences of students who are harmed by the programpic.twitter.com/JlzzDxooOa
trustee @TiffanyFordTO acknowledges the family of jordan manners. jordan was shot and killed at age 15 inside his high school. ford says manners has become a talking point: "I can't imagine how that has been for his family"pic.twitter.com/BpdV7F3ntr
ford continues by urging her colleages to vote for change by cancelling the police program. "I'll be voting with you."
NEWS: the @tdsb has voted to remove @torontopolice officers from all of its schools. the crowd here is jubilant!!pic.twitter.com/fj5wKBFKgB
the @tdsb lobby is pure hugs, smiles and joy and singing right now!!!pic.twitter.com/ziD2lxAMQA
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