A push to remove police officers from Chicago’s 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.
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’s Northwest Side that first reported the news.
“They told me there’s going to be no SROs,” Sposato told the outlet, calling it a “terrible idea.”
This would mean Chicago Public Schools this summer would not renew its $10.3 million contract with the city to have police officers at schools.
The decision could potentially take effect in the fall, Sposato said.
A December 15 meeting between principals and…
