By Jeremy Loudenback, The Imprint, February 16, 2021
In a historic move, the Los Angeles Unified School District board voted Tuesday to transform its school police force, eliminating more than 100 positions and stationing the remaining officers off campus. In their place, new “school climate coaches” will de-escalate tense situations at the district’s 1,000 K-12 schools, part of a new $36.5 million investment in Black students and their academic success.
The vote in the nation’s second largest school district awarded millions more dollars to make the changes than the board pledged last summer, when the nation erupted in protest over the police killing of Black people, prompting reforms in cities across America.
Students, parents and activists lauded Tuesday’s unanimous vote.
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