Today at 7 pm the Los Altos Town Council is deciding on the question of SROs on the Los Altos High campus. Justice Vanguard have been organizing on this and are hoping you can be there for public comment to support removing SROs. There may be pro SRO folks coming so we are very needed. This will be item 9 on the agenda: Policing Task Force Final Report and Recommendations. Here’s the link in case you can make it:
https://www.losaltosca.gov/citycouncil/page/regular-city-council-meeting-23
Commenting templates:
1) "My name is ________ and I am (role in the community/member of _______). The city and it's community members have held multiple forums on police free schools this year. Thank you to the task force members who attended and participated thoughtfully. This community dialogue was a great way to address each other's concerns and understand our needs as we rethink safety in our schools. At the end of the forum, we all made commitments to making our schools safer, and you can do that by voting in favor of removing SROs. After learning about the school-to-prison pipeline, it is clear that reallocating funds from SRO’s to counseling, restorative justice, and other student services is vital to the well being of our students, especially under the stress and anxiety of a global pandemic. Despite being fully remote, the Fremont Unified School District recently voted to remove SRO’s, setting a precedent that this can be a priority even during distance learning. I hope our town will do the same."
2) "My name is ________ and I am (role in the community/member of _______). The city and it's community members have held multiple forums on police free schools this year. I'm calling in support of removing SRO's from our campuses. Thank you to the task force members who attended and participated thoughtfully. learning about the school-to-prison pipeline, it is clear that reallocating funds from SRO’s to counseling, restorative justice, and other student services is vital to the well being of our students. SROs, police or security officers that are called into a school should not be involved in school discipline issues. They should only be responsible for responding to serious criminal law matters where there is a real and immediate threat of serious physical injury or where it is mandated by law that such offenses be referred to the criminal justice system."