{"id":2141610,"date":"2024-01-05T17:05:03","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T22:05:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicagos-push-to-remove-cops-from-schools-draws-backlash\/"},"modified":"2024-01-05T17:05:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-05T22:05:03","slug":"chicagos-push-to-remove-cops-from-schools-draws-backlash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/chicagos-push-to-remove-cops-from-schools-draws-backlash\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago\u2019s Push To Remove Cops From Schools Draws Backlash"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fchicagos-push-to-remove-cops-from-schools-draws-backlash%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2141610&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A push to remove police officers from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/chicago\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago\u2019s<\/a> public schools is drawing backlash from school principals.<\/p>\n<p>Principals, as well as a Chicago city council members, say the Chicago Board of Education is considering removing school resource officers from public schools.<\/p>\n<p>Alderman Nicholas Sposato said his school system sources revealed that the school board could make the decision as soon as its next meeting on January 25, according to Nadig Newspapers, a local paper covering Chicago\u2019s Northwest Side that first <a href=\"https:\/\/nadignewspapers.com\/school-board-reportedly-looking-into-eliminating-on-campus-police-at-all-chicago-high-schools-taking-decision-away-from-lscs\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> the news.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey told me there\u2019s going to be no SROs,\u201d Sposato told the outlet, calling it a \u201cterrible idea.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>This would mean Chicago Public Schools this summer would not renew its $10.3 million contract <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/chicago-board-of-education-is-considering-removing-cops-from-schools\/809ab8f6-14b6-4a62-8594-d533ebe41f08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with<\/a> the city to have police officers at schools.<\/p>\n<p>The decision could potentially take effect in the fall, Sposato said.<\/p>\n<p>A December 15 meeting between principals and the city\u2019s school board did not go the way the principals expected, according to Troy LaRaviere, president of the Chicago Principals &#038; Administrators Association.<\/p>\n<p>Principals were told they would be able to give their input on the school resource officer decision, but they did not get that chance, LaRaviere <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/chicago\/news\/chicago-public-schools-principals-plan-remove-police-officers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> CBS News Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey were told that the board had made a unilateral decision, without the input of the people who actually run the schools,\u201d LaRaviere said.<\/p>\n<p>Before the current school year, 40 high schools voted on whether to keep police officers in their schools. All but one voted to keep officers on campus.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the high schools chose to get rid of one of their two officers, however. The schools that chose to remove one or both officers received about $3.7 million for \u201calternative safety interventions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>LaRaviere explained that school resource officers build relationships with the students, which is helpful when an incident occurs.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you don\u2019t have an SRO, what are you supposed to do? You don\u2019t have the SRO with the relationships. You have to call 911. And then you have to get the luck of the draw,\u201d LaRaviere told the outlet. \u201cCops with no relationships with the children show up.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mark Grishaber, the principal of William Howard Taft High School in north Chicago, said his school\u2019s resource officers \u201cknow half the kids by their first name\u201d and are often able to deescalate situations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe SRO has been trained and knows how to deal with teens in a school community,\u201d Grishaber <a href=\"https:\/\/nadignewspapers.com\/school-board-reportedly-looking-into-eliminating-on-campus-police-at-all-chicago-high-schools-taking-decision-away-from-lscs\/#google_vignette\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> Nadig Newspapers. \u201cYou can see the difference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The move to remove police from schools echoes remarks Chicago\u2019s mayor made when he was running for office.<\/p>\n<p>Mayor Brandon Johnson <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbez.org\/stories\/chicago-board-of-education-is-considering-removing-cops-from-schools\/809ab8f6-14b6-4a62-8594-d533ebe41f08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at the time that \u201carmed officers have no place in schools in communities already struggling with over-incarceration, criminalization, profiling and mistrust.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A push to remove police officers from Chicago\u2019s public schools is drawing backlash from school principals. Principals, as well as a Chicago city council members, say the Chicago Board of Education is considering removing school resource officers from public schools. 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