WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A school board in Delaware has begun discussing whether to eliminate school police from the district as scrutiny of law enforcement grows across the nation.
The News Journal reports that Red Clay school board members were divided Wednesday night over the issue. But they agreed that schools should have more counselors and other resources.
A resolution has been proposed by some of the board members to terminate the district’s contract with Delaware State Police. It provides school resource officers.
The board members who proposed the resolution said the inequality and systemic racism that affects police agencies extends to school resource officers. They said the money is better spent on social workers, counselors and other mental health professionals.
The school board president proposed an advisory committee to examine the job of school resource officers and issues such as whether students feel less safe with police.
Red Clay serves about 16,000 students in parts of Wilmington and some of its suburbs.
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