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Bellevue School District SRO Program<\/b><\/p>\n
BSD suspended the School Resource Officer Program in March of 2020 during the COVID-19 shut down.\u00a0You can read the district\u2019s summary of the program\u2019s history here<\/a>. In mid December of 2022, the district concluded a community engagement process and survey that was intended to provide feedback on the proposed changes or \u201creforms,\u201d including changing the name from SRO to CEO (Community Engagement Officers). Eastside For All joined several other advocacy groups and individuals in calling out the bias in the process and survey which served to further marginalize and negate voices of Black and brown students who have been actively protesting SRO\u2019s. The district is expected to publish a report on the input received in late January or early February, 2023. Regardless of the decision, the district has stated that the program will not be back in schools during the current school year (not feasible logistically).\u00a0Watch our\u00a0Calls to Action<\/a>\u00a0for advocacy needed, depending on updates from the district.<\/em><\/b><\/p>\n See the Bellevue Education Association\u2019s Resolution demanding an end to the SRO program in the district<\/a>.<\/p>\n Lake Washington School District\u2019s Racial Equity Policy<\/strong><\/p>\n Starting in 2017, the LWSD formed its first Equity Advisory Team to advise, provide input, and help prioritize the district-wide equity efforts. The District is now forming its first equity policies. After an initial draft of a Board equity policy that\u00a0Eastside For All and several other advocates objected to<\/a>, on September 13, 2021, the Board addressed the feedback and adopted a\u00a0ANTI-RACISM, ANTI-DISCRIMINATION, EQUITY, AND INCLUSION IN EDUCATION RESOLUTION<\/a>, and the\u00a0Board Equity Policy OE-14 \u201cAnti-Racism, Non-Discrimination, Equity and Inclusion in Education.\u201d<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n A subcommittee of the District\u2019s Equity Team is drafting the administrative equity policy with repeated calls for bold, anti-racist directives aimed at transforming the institutional culture into one that centers the needs and solutions of Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Pacific Islander students, families, and staff.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Regarding SRO\u2019s in the district, the number of SRO\u2019s serving Kirkland schools in LWSD was reduced from six to four. Kirkland SRO\u2019s also switched to a \u201ccasual\u201d uniform of dark polo shirt and khaki pants, plus gun. Eastside For All voiced objections to City of Kirkland leadership about that change because there was no community input and because of how similar the new look is to what ICE agents wear during immigration raids. The SRO debate is made more complicated in the LWSD because there are multiple police jurisdictions involved.\u00a0See the Sept 2022 letter submitted to the LWSD Board by Indivisible Kirkland opposing the SRO program<\/a>.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n City of Kirkland\u2019s Resolution 5434: Ensuring the Safety and Respect of Black People<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n In August of 2020, Kirkland passed a resolution to comprehensively address systemic racism. \u00a0The City funded a multi-faceted approach to address racism over the next two years. \u00a0The City is looking at accountability, transparency, and community engagement, especially as those concepts relate to policing and governing. \u00a0More information can be found on the\u00a0City\u2019s website<\/a>, as well as opportunities for offering feedback and finding ways to stay informed and involved.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" ES Get ready What We\u2019re Tracking Bellevue School District SRO Program BSD suspended the School Resource Officer Program in…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-10189","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastsideforall.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastsideforall.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastsideforall.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastsideforall.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastsideforall.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/eastsideforall.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10189\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastsideforall.org\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}