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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Many school staff want SROs - it takes the responsibility away from them for any trouble that happens.[/quote]

Teacher here. I want SROs because they provide an additional layer of safety and security to our school building. I take care of discipline in my classroom. That’s part of my job. They come in when their training is necessary, like when a student brought a huge knife into my classroom. I am NOT equipped for that, nor should I have to be. No amount of restorative justice was going to wish that knife away, either. You suggest I want SROs because I am lazy. No, I want SROs because I care about my community and I know that they have special training I do not have. If you haven’t been in a school lately, you likely aren’t aware of the very real challenges we face every day. When the council removed the SROs, they took away a valuable member of each community. Our SRO made an effort to know kids. He was a positive influence and our students reacted very well to him. Like the poster above, I would love to see the county send out an anonymous survey to students and teachers. I am confident there is a lot of support for the program. A lot. [/quote]

Agreed.  We are a really smart county.  We can craft a program that provides the violence prevention benefits of having an SRO present with an accountability system that ensures they are not used for discipline.  Our kids deserve safety.  Our teachers deserve safety.   Wasn't a female teacher assaulted pretty badly over QO a month or so ago? [/quote]

This. Maryland has the lowest covid spread and the highest vaccination rate. You can't model our policies as if we are, say, new Mexico or whoever that weird sherif Joe is. Our sro policy needs to be based on data from here. Not from wherever sherif Joe is in power.[/quote]

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