I.-1 20-1335 Adoption by the Board of Education of Resolution No. 1920-0260 - George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department.
Cops out of schools!
At Fremont High where I work, the cops have never made me feel safe. The SSOs on the other hand are a key part of our community and they have been underpaid for far too long.
If we get the cops out of schools today, don't thank the superintendent or the school board, because they were never going to do this. This is the people's victory. The people in the streets made this happen. The movement in the streets, a multiracial and militant movement for black lives and against police murder, made this happen. That's what got us here. Thank you to every last person that has been in the streets.
Our OUSD students deserve our board members to value them in order for them to invest in them. As an OUSD alumnus and college adviser serving an OUSD high school, I have LIVED and SEEN how Oakland students' education has never been a priority to our administration. My students do not have access to year-round teachers because they lack funding for teachers. Value Teachers and students. MY COMMUNITY DESERVES therapy, restorative justice, and peace of mind. Our Black and Brown students are subjected to racism in and out of school. On June 1st, 2020 Oakland Police Department tear-gassed our students at a peaceful protest. It would be IRRESPONSIBLE AND NEGLIGENT to allow ANY TYPE of police presence on our school campuses. I urge the elected members to vote YES on the George Floyd Resolution to eliminate school police and to TRANSPARENTLY distribute those funds BACK to our underrepresented students.
I'm a pediatrician in Oakland serving a diverse and low-income patient population. Please support the George Floyd resolution in its entirety. There are so many services that can help our children and teens in deep and meaningful ways to increase their own and our community's safety. Funding for school police should be redirected towards services that will help then grow and flourish.
I strongly urge you to support BOP's George Floyd Resolution in eliminating the OUSD police dept. Stand on the right side of history, and stand with the students. Students especially Black students will never be safe with cops in schools, cops are a public health issue rooted in racism. Let's stop the school to prison pipeline here in Oakland and all over the US. Let's divert funds to teachers, counselors, health workers, and restorative/transformative justice workers, etc. Let's pass it as written with no amendments. Support the Black youth, support the youth of color, and cultivate a future truly structured in ensuring the health and safety of the youth, this transformation starts by adopting the George Floyd Resolution.
I support the George Floyd resolution to eliminate police from schools. I support repurposing the budget money spent on police for resources which better serve students’ needs. More importantly, I oppose the presence of police in schools as it leads to criminalization of students’ behavior and feeds the school to prison pipeline.
I am a resident and home owner in Oakland and as a former teacher, educator, I firmly believe it is time to defund school police and get them out of our schools
It is imperative to remove police from schools, and I urge you to fully support the George Floyd Resolution. This is essential for ending the school to prison pipeline. Funding needs to go towards counselors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and other resources that invest in Oakland communities.
Let's pass this with no changes. And then let's think carefully about what safety means particularly in the current and historical context of racist violence - this does not mean necessarily that social workers are the answer because social workers also are involved in institutional surveillance and policing. How can we redistribute funding away from these elements to better support school communities at a social and emotional level?
Hi, my name is Audrey Darnis and I live in Oakland and teach 4th grade at Manzanita Community School. I demand that you approve the George Floyd Resolution as is. We must defund the school police and reinvest in restorative justice, social workers, and other essential supports for our youth. Our Black students deserve safety and comfort at school. This will not happen if we continue to have school police.
I strongly support that the board pass the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department. As someone who works to support the mental health needs of children, youth, and families in Oakland, I believe that the presence of police in our schools is detrimental to the well-being of students, their families, and staff. I have seen how strengths-based and trauma-informed practices that are centered on the humanity of youth can be transformative in promoting safety and healing. Relying on policing that in its core is steeped in anti-Black racism and classism is the opposite of what we know works. Passing this resolution and redistributing the funding to support mental health and case management programs is the direction that OUSD needs to go.
I am an Oakland resident who will soon have a child that will be a student at one of OUSD's schools. I support the George Floyd Resolution and am hopeful my child can engage in a healthy, supportive community at school without the policing of students. Please pass this without any amendments.
I plea to you, the Oakland School Board, to approve the George Floyd Resolution to eliminate policing from Oakland schools. It has long since been time that Oakland's Black and Brown students find liberation from the harmful presence of police in their education. We must reinvest in the community to create a system of education which encourages and supports all students!
As an 11-year OUSD special education teacher and Oakland resident, I stand with BOP, OEA, students, teachers and parents in support of the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department. Cops on campus do not create safety; on the contrary, they are detrimental to the well-being of our students, families and staff. This board has the opportunity to redirect these funds to desperately needed services such as mental health professionals, nurses, teachers, mentors, restorative justice leaders and social workers for all of our students. Listen to the many community members and organizers who have been demanding this for years!
I am a teacher at Oakland Tech and I want to express my support for the George Floyd Resolution put forth by the Black Organizing Project on the behalf of many of my students. Every year I have my students do a civic engagement research and action project, and police brutality is always one of the most common research topics. One year, my class as a whole decided to research the school to prison pipeline and wrote a petition of their own calling for more counselors and restorative justice facilitators on campus. They noted that punitive discipline measures such as police referrals disproportionately affect students of color and only contribute to the school to prison pipeline. The George Floyd Resolution echoes the wishes of my students and will help black and brown students feel safer at school, unlike police presence, which puts students on the defensive and ultimately detracts from their learning.
I am in full support of the George Floyd resolution without amendments. We should not be making the pipeline to prison more accessible to students. Our students and families are of value. Opposition to this resolution shows the board is complicit in maintaining systems of oppression.
Cops out of schools!
At Fremont High where I work, the cops have never made me feel safe. The SSOs on the other hand are a key part of our community and they have been underpaid for far too long.
If we get the cops out of schools today, don't thank the superintendent or the school board, because they were never going to do this. This is the people's victory. The people in the streets made this happen. The movement in the streets, a multiracial and militant movement for black lives and against police murder, made this happen. That's what got us here. Thank you to every last person that has been in the streets.
I support passing this resolution in accordance with the Black Organizing Project’s vision of a police-free OUSD.
Our OUSD students deserve our board members to value them in order for them to invest in them. As an OUSD alumnus and college adviser serving an OUSD high school, I have LIVED and SEEN how Oakland students' education has never been a priority to our administration. My students do not have access to year-round teachers because they lack funding for teachers. Value Teachers and students. MY COMMUNITY DESERVES therapy, restorative justice, and peace of mind. Our Black and Brown students are subjected to racism in and out of school. On June 1st, 2020 Oakland Police Department tear-gassed our students at a peaceful protest. It would be IRRESPONSIBLE AND NEGLIGENT to allow ANY TYPE of police presence on our school campuses. I urge the elected members to vote YES on the George Floyd Resolution to eliminate school police and to TRANSPARENTLY distribute those funds BACK to our underrepresented students.
I support the Oakland school district to eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Dept
Please approve the George Floyd resolution as is and remove the police from Oakland schools.
I'm a pediatrician in Oakland serving a diverse and low-income patient population. Please support the George Floyd resolution in its entirety. There are so many services that can help our children and teens in deep and meaningful ways to increase their own and our community's safety. Funding for school police should be redirected towards services that will help then grow and flourish.
I strongly urge you to support BOP's George Floyd Resolution in eliminating the OUSD police dept. Stand on the right side of history, and stand with the students. Students especially Black students will never be safe with cops in schools, cops are a public health issue rooted in racism. Let's stop the school to prison pipeline here in Oakland and all over the US. Let's divert funds to teachers, counselors, health workers, and restorative/transformative justice workers, etc. Let's pass it as written with no amendments. Support the Black youth, support the youth of color, and cultivate a future truly structured in ensuring the health and safety of the youth, this transformation starts by adopting the George Floyd Resolution.
I support the George Floyd resolution to eliminate police from schools. I support repurposing the budget money spent on police for resources which better serve students’ needs. More importantly, I oppose the presence of police in schools as it leads to criminalization of students’ behavior and feeds the school to prison pipeline.
I am a resident and home owner in Oakland and as a former teacher, educator, I firmly believe it is time to defund school police and get them out of our schools
It is imperative to remove police from schools, and I urge you to fully support the George Floyd Resolution. This is essential for ending the school to prison pipeline. Funding needs to go towards counselors, psychologists, nurses, social workers, and other resources that invest in Oakland communities.
Let's pass this with no changes. And then let's think carefully about what safety means particularly in the current and historical context of racist violence - this does not mean necessarily that social workers are the answer because social workers also are involved in institutional surveillance and policing. How can we redistribute funding away from these elements to better support school communities at a social and emotional level?
I support the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department
Abolish Oakland school police
Hi, my name is Audrey Darnis and I live in Oakland and teach 4th grade at Manzanita Community School. I demand that you approve the George Floyd Resolution as is. We must defund the school police and reinvest in restorative justice, social workers, and other essential supports for our youth. Our Black students deserve safety and comfort at school. This will not happen if we continue to have school police.
I strongly support that the board pass the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department. As someone who works to support the mental health needs of children, youth, and families in Oakland, I believe that the presence of police in our schools is detrimental to the well-being of students, their families, and staff. I have seen how strengths-based and trauma-informed practices that are centered on the humanity of youth can be transformative in promoting safety and healing. Relying on policing that in its core is steeped in anti-Black racism and classism is the opposite of what we know works. Passing this resolution and redistributing the funding to support mental health and case management programs is the direction that OUSD needs to go.
I am an Oakland resident who will soon have a child that will be a student at one of OUSD's schools. I support the George Floyd Resolution and am hopeful my child can engage in a healthy, supportive community at school without the policing of students. Please pass this without any amendments.
I plea to you, the Oakland School Board, to approve the George Floyd Resolution to eliminate policing from Oakland schools. It has long since been time that Oakland's Black and Brown students find liberation from the harmful presence of police in their education. We must reinvest in the community to create a system of education which encourages and supports all students!
As an 11-year OUSD special education teacher and Oakland resident, I stand with BOP, OEA, students, teachers and parents in support of the George Floyd Resolution to Eliminate the Oakland Schools Police Department. Cops on campus do not create safety; on the contrary, they are detrimental to the well-being of our students, families and staff. This board has the opportunity to redirect these funds to desperately needed services such as mental health professionals, nurses, teachers, mentors, restorative justice leaders and social workers for all of our students. Listen to the many community members and organizers who have been demanding this for years!
I am a teacher at Oakland Tech and I want to express my support for the George Floyd Resolution put forth by the Black Organizing Project on the behalf of many of my students. Every year I have my students do a civic engagement research and action project, and police brutality is always one of the most common research topics. One year, my class as a whole decided to research the school to prison pipeline and wrote a petition of their own calling for more counselors and restorative justice facilitators on campus. They noted that punitive discipline measures such as police referrals disproportionately affect students of color and only contribute to the school to prison pipeline. The George Floyd Resolution echoes the wishes of my students and will help black and brown students feel safer at school, unlike police presence, which puts students on the defensive and ultimately detracts from their learning.
I am in full support of the George Floyd resolution without amendments. We should not be making the pipeline to prison more accessible to students. Our students and families are of value. Opposition to this resolution shows the board is complicit in maintaining systems of oppression.