Board supports ‘re-imagining,’ but not disbanding, school police
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June 26 — 8:13 amThis story has been updated. This story has been corrected to note that it was Ameen Akbar, not Julia Danzy,
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June 22 — 9:50 amThe Philadelphia Student Union (PSU), a youth organizing group, recently circulated an online petition to demand the removal of all
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June 17 — 6:28 pmThe Philadelphia Board of Education is holding an open public hearing Thursday afternoon, one of two that it is required
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June 11 — 6:35 pmIn the wake of George Floyd’s killing and subsequent law enforcement clashes with protesters, the move for “police-free schools” is
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September 13 — 8:19 pmA new report from a coalition of student organizations documents school policing models around the country, examines the practice’s history, and
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December 12 — 8:54 pmThe parents of a 3rd-grade student called the Philadelphia School District’s process for handling complaints against school police officers “a
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June 23 — 2:45 pmJahyad Thomas-Thornton, a member of Philadelphia Student Union, stood on the steps of District headquarters on a sunny afternoon in