I would like to invision what a police less school scenario would look like. 1- a mobile crisis team of a OUSD Social worker, RJ rep, County mental health liaison and even a special ed liaison if and when needed to replace and stream line support for youth in crisis. 2- hire POC for these positions that represent the networks of schools they will serve 3- instead of relying on police for mental health emergencies, we use an in house mobil unit to deescalate or even connect crisis needs to the hospital for 5150's or wrap around services to be mobilized. 4- increase support for family case managers and community managers to quickly mobilize families for under represented school sites to have their needs heard by administrators.
Thank you BOP for years of this work to make this happen.
I support the George Floyd resolution to eliminate the Oakland school police department. No child should experience daily fear from being watched by the police due to the color of their skin. Children should not feel like criminals and targeted as such, the youth are our future. Today, tomorrow, and until justice has been brought to light, we will not back down in the fight to stop the systemic racism and oppression that has been going on for far too long. I support Black Organizing Project leadership and their demands for defunding the police, starting by eliminating policing within schools. Please do not continue to support and fund the police.
While I appreciate Supt. Johnson-Trammell's pledge to develope a safety plan that does not include a police force, I strongly urge the board to adopt the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate Oakland School Police Department. In this moment, it is time for you to recognize the leadership of the Black Organizing Project- the research and expertise they have brought into this resolution, and the relationships they have cultivated with their community. Any plan needs to use a definition of "safety" that is aligned with the OUSD community- NOT a negotiated definition that is up for debate in discussion with police unions.
As a middle schooler, I remember when they cut our funding to arts and music. We had an arts classroom right off of the lunchroom that OVERNIGHT transformed into a police substation, as soon as the funding was cut. A friend of mine, Jamal, WHO WAS 12 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, was tackled to the ground by the cops stationed in our school on a false tip! Listen to the people.
I’m writing here to advocate for the George Floyd Resolution. OUSD police are a force that directly and nefariously feeds the school to prison pipeline. It’s time to invest more in counselors, health services, and more restorative justice practices and staff. OUSD can be a vital interrupter in said pipeline and do actual good for the lives of its students this way.
I want to also advocate for supporting the George Floyd Resolution. Defund OUSD police. We need to invest in counselors, restorative justice practitioners, and general student health services instead of subjecting them to criminalization and normalizing police presence in their lives. I hope I'm posting this in the right place, because this website was unnecessarily difficult to navigate.
I am asking you to support the George Floyd Resolution, and defund OUSD police. Students are asking for more money to go toward mental health resources, restorative justice resources, and anything that will support their needs. To answer this request by continuing to fund the OUSD police, would be to state to students that OUSD just wants to continue to profit from black students, and that they don't value the educational opportunities, mental health, emotional health or life of Black students. By continuing to fund police, you are continuing to fund the oppressive control of young black people by denying resources for a better education/learning environment and exposing
them to traumatic experiences of police brutality at a young age.
Students are not being protected/supported by people who require less training (but are paid more than substitute teachers) and have not been shown to value peaceful conflict resolution.
Its questionable whether school based officers improve the safety of students as there is no substantial data that supports their effectiveness. There is a breadth of conflicting studies around their effectiveness and no grounds for improved outcomes. However, theres a disproportionate rate in which students of color particularly Black students are over-disciplined and criminalized. Its time for OUSD to stop fueling the school-prison pipeline. The trauma that Black and other students of color experience outside of school is exacerbated by the policing on campus. To support the wellbeing of students and improve their outcomes, please remove officers from school campuses. Instead invest in best practices including trauma-informed services (not only for students but also their families), college readiness programs and other programs that expose students to different career pathways, ethnic studies, and frankly, art & creative programs because that is what care and safety looks like.
I'm writing in support of the initiative to remove all police officers from OUSD schools. Schools should move to restorative justice practices that are proven to work and be the safest option for schools.
I would like to invision what a police less school scenario would look like. 1- a mobile crisis team of a OUSD Social worker, RJ rep, County mental health liaison and even a special ed liaison if and when needed to replace and stream line support for youth in crisis. 2- hire POC for these positions that represent the networks of schools they will serve 3- instead of relying on police for mental health emergencies, we use an in house mobil unit to deescalate or even connect crisis needs to the hospital for 5150's or wrap around services to be mobilized. 4- increase support for family case managers and community managers to quickly mobilize families for under represented school sites to have their needs heard by administrators.
Thank you BOP for years of this work to make this happen.
I support the George Floyd resolution to eliminate the Oakland school police department.
I support the George Floyd resolution to eliminate the Oakland school police department. No child should experience daily fear from being watched by the police due to the color of their skin. Children should not feel like criminals and targeted as such, the youth are our future. Today, tomorrow, and until justice has been brought to light, we will not back down in the fight to stop the systemic racism and oppression that has been going on for far too long. I support Black Organizing Project leadership and their demands for defunding the police, starting by eliminating policing within schools. Please do not continue to support and fund the police.
While I appreciate Supt. Johnson-Trammell's pledge to develope a safety plan that does not include a police force, I strongly urge the board to adopt the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate Oakland School Police Department. In this moment, it is time for you to recognize the leadership of the Black Organizing Project- the research and expertise they have brought into this resolution, and the relationships they have cultivated with their community. Any plan needs to use a definition of "safety" that is aligned with the OUSD community- NOT a negotiated definition that is up for debate in discussion with police unions.
As a middle schooler, I remember when they cut our funding to arts and music. We had an arts classroom right off of the lunchroom that OVERNIGHT transformed into a police substation, as soon as the funding was cut. A friend of mine, Jamal, WHO WAS 12 YEARS OLD AT THE TIME, was tackled to the ground by the cops stationed in our school on a false tip! Listen to the people.
I’m writing here to advocate for the George Floyd Resolution. OUSD police are a force that directly and nefariously feeds the school to prison pipeline. It’s time to invest more in counselors, health services, and more restorative justice practices and staff. OUSD can be a vital interrupter in said pipeline and do actual good for the lives of its students this way.
I want to also advocate for supporting the George Floyd Resolution. Defund OUSD police. We need to invest in counselors, restorative justice practitioners, and general student health services instead of subjecting them to criminalization and normalizing police presence in their lives. I hope I'm posting this in the right place, because this website was unnecessarily difficult to navigate.
I am asking you to support the George Floyd Resolution, and defund OUSD police. Students are asking for more money to go toward mental health resources, restorative justice resources, and anything that will support their needs. To answer this request by continuing to fund the OUSD police, would be to state to students that OUSD just wants to continue to profit from black students, and that they don't value the educational opportunities, mental health, emotional health or life of Black students. By continuing to fund police, you are continuing to fund the oppressive control of young black people by denying resources for a better education/learning environment and exposing
them to traumatic experiences of police brutality at a young age.
Students are not being protected/supported by people who require less training (but are paid more than substitute teachers) and have not been shown to value peaceful conflict resolution.
Its questionable whether school based officers improve the safety of students as there is no substantial data that supports their effectiveness. There is a breadth of conflicting studies around their effectiveness and no grounds for improved outcomes. However, theres a disproportionate rate in which students of color particularly Black students are over-disciplined and criminalized. Its time for OUSD to stop fueling the school-prison pipeline. The trauma that Black and other students of color experience outside of school is exacerbated by the policing on campus. To support the wellbeing of students and improve their outcomes, please remove officers from school campuses. Instead invest in best practices including trauma-informed services (not only for students but also their families), college readiness programs and other programs that expose students to different career pathways, ethnic studies, and frankly, art & creative programs because that is what care and safety looks like.
I'm writing in support of the initiative to remove all police officers from OUSD schools. Schools should move to restorative justice practices that are proven to work and be the safest option for schools.