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Sros/Ssos/Student Wellness Recommendations for the Richmond City School Board SROs/SSOs/Student Wellness Recommendations for the Richmond City School Board Presented by: Jason Kamras, Superintendent Venue: Richmond City School Board Meeting Date: August 16, 2021 Richmond Public Schools | 301 North 9th Street | Richmond, VA | www.rvaschools.net SROs/SSOs/Student Wellness: Recommendation for the Richmond City School Board Overview Though the Administration initially set out to provide recommendations only about the School Resource Officer (SRO) partnership with the Richmond Police Department (RPD), discussions with students, families, and staff – as well as the toll of COVID – suggested a need for broader reform. Towards that end, this proposal covers three topics: Student Resource Officers (SROs); School Security Officers (SSOs) who are NOT affiliated with RPD; and the need for an even greater focus on our students’ overall mental, emotional, and physical health. Richmond Public Schools | August 16, 2021 2 SROs/SSOs/Student Wellness: Recommendation for the Richmond City School Board Changes to the RPD School Resource Officer (SRO) Program The Administration believes that the institution of policing does not belong in schools. To be clear, this is no way a criticism of the individual RPD School Resource Officers who serve admirably in RPS. Rather, it reflects the Administration’s conviction that schools ought not serve as an entry point to the criminal justice system. That said, the Administration recognizes and respects that many students, families, and staff – as well as a majority of the School Board – do not support removing SROs from our schools. Given this, the Administration recommends the following: 1) implement several modifications to the current SRO program to further enhance its focus on de-escalation and relationship-building; and 2) revisit the future of the program when the current MOU with RPD expires in 2023. Recommended modifications for discussion with RPD: ● SROs would wear their “soft” uniform while at school. ● With the guidance of school counselors and social workers, SROs would formally mentor a caseload of students each year, with weekly one-on-one and group sessions. ● RPD and RPS would develop a diversion program to end arrests on school grounds for any non-violent offenses. ● SRO arrest data would be tracked by the location of the offense (in-school vs. out-of-school) and reported quarterly to the School Board. If these modifications are adopted by the Board, the Administration recommends immediately establishing a 10-person SRO Committee composed of 2 representatives from the Board, 2 representatives from the Administration, 2 students, 2 teachers, and 2 parents/caregivers to collaborate with RPD representatives on negotiating these updates to the MOU for implementation during the 2021-22 school year. Richmond Public Schools | August 16, 2021 3 SROs/SSOs/Student Wellness: Recommendation for the Richmond City School Board Changes to the RPS School Security Officer (SSO) Role As a reminder, the School Security Officer (SSO) role is completely unaffiliated with the Richmond Police Department. Based on extensive feedback from students, the Administration has determined that this role must evolve significantly to become more focused on the third priority of Dreams4RPS – Safe and Loving School Cultures. Given this, the Administration has taken the following actions in preparation for the 2021-22 school year. ● The School Security Officer (SSO) role has been renamed as “Care and Safety Associate” (CSA). ● A new job description has been created and shared with the current staff. Among the new job responsibilities: ○ Working proactively to build authentic relationships with students, families, school based staff and other stakeholders that is centered around safety and support ○ Supporting the implementation of tiered supports for students struggling to meet behavioral expectations, including participation in alternatives to out-of-school suspensions ○ Modeling and implementing trauma informed and restorative strategies such as conflict resolution, mediation, de-escalation, and the use of social-emotional skills to resolve conflict ○ Leading community and healing circles with students to support their social and emotional development ○ Conducting home visits with school staff to support student attendance efforts ● The team responsible for trauma informed and restorative practices has launched a series of trainings for the CSAs to help them meet the new job expectations. These trainings will continue throughout the school year. ● To further signal a change in job expectations, the blue security uniform has been replaced with a gray RPS polo shirt and khaki pants. Richmond Public Schools | August 16, 2021 4 SROs/SSOs/Student Wellness: Recommendation for the Richmond City School Board Launching a New Student Wellness Office To further support the third priority of Dreams4RPS – Safe and Loving School Cultures – and respond to the impact that COVID has had on our students, we are launching a new office called the Student Wellness Office. It will focus on ensuring the emotional, mental, and physical health of our students so they feel safe, loved, and well at all times in RPS. Among other things, the Wellness Office will include: ● Social and Emotional Learning ● Mental Health Supports ● Trauma Informed Practices ● Restorative Practices ● Anti-Racism Training and Policy ● LGBTQ+ Training and Policy ● Student Code of Responsible Ethics (SCORE) ● Suspension Reduction ● SROs ● Care & Safety Associates ● Food and Nutrition ● School Nurses ● Athletics The Chief Student Wellness Officer will report directly to the superintendent and will serve as a member of the RPS Leadership Team. Please note that this role and the entire office will be revenue neutral. Richmond Public Schools | August 16, 2021 5 SROs/SSOs/Student Wellness: Recommendation for the Richmond City School Board Appendix: Feedback and Data Regarding SRO Program Richmond Public Schools | August 16, 2021 6 Comments – Community Meeting on Police in Schools – August 10, 2020 at 6pm Frank Threatts III Armstrong High School As a teacher at Armstrong High School and have witnessed how well our SROs work with our kids and help our Students and StaFF Feel saFe, I believe we need to make this decision on a school by school basis. If you make the decision to remove them, what decision will be made to Fix the stigma that OUR kids Feel about the police. Are we going to put resources in place so OUR students can see a Future that doesn't involve cinder block walls or will we wait and see, and wait and see and wait and see. Shiela Dudley RPS Schoolboard Members, I am a parent of a10th grade student who attends Huguenot High School. I support School Resource OfFicers in the schools 100 percent. I am at peace while my daughter is in school knowing the SRO's are there to keep her saFe. The violence at Huguenot is outrageous. The teachers are already underpaid, iF the SRO's are removed that's an additional role the teacher's have to play. My daughter stayed, "who will break up the Fights, who will monitor the halls, who will prevent Bullying, the SRO's are there to protect us." There are students that want to learn and some that dont want to learn. There have been so many mass school shootings; how will this be prevented, who will search the students to ensure a student does not have a weapon. SRO's are needed in the schools. Please think about the safety of our children and those that want to learn also the added responsibility that will be placed on the teachers iF the SROs are removed. Please keep our children and teacher's safe. Huguenot High School needs SRO's. Tarnee Hudson Greetings, I hope all are safe and healthy. As we look to what our students need to Feel saFe while working in an environment Free From Fear, our SRO program is under review. Knowing that there are students who have made connections with our SROs that are impactFul in a positive way, taking them completely out of the schools may result in a negative impact. Richmond Public Schools | 301 North 9th Street | Richmond, VA | www.rvaschools.net We could create an educational model to help connect law enForcement and the community, that allows a safe space For students to learn while having SROs help in the educational process. DARE was one oF the most memorable programs we had in school conducted by SROs and bringing a program that is structured back to school or even the approach, would help bridge the gap between law enForcement and the community. Also with the lack oF exposure of SROs on the elementary level, there is a need to start the "learning Free From Fear and criminalization" early so conversations can continue through adulthood. Thank you Inett Dabney Hello, My name is Mrs. Dabney, I am the principal of Martin Luther King, Jr. Middle School. I am writing this email in support of OfFicer May, the SRO in our school. OfFicer May is more than a SRO, he is a member oF our school Family. OfFicer May is not at the school to arrest students, but to build positive relationships and a sense of community. He does this day in and day out, From being a coach on his PAL's Football team, to his annual Christmas Concert that is a showcase For talented RPS students, stafF, and community members. OfFicer May takes the time to talk to students and parents, when students misbehave, because he knows that the misbehavior is a cry for help. Our students Face many challenges everyday in their lives, that weigh on their physical and mental health. MLK is a safer and more compassionate school, because oF OfFicer May. Kevin Hart In my 30 years of teaching, I believe that the thought of removing SRO's from RPS is the worst ever. The removal of RPS From RPS will create a critically dangerous systemwide situation for stafF and students.
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