After over 10 months of non-compliance with Act 12, the Milwaukee Public School board of directors held a listening session that lasted almost two hours.
The law, that went into effect at the start of 2024 requires the district to have no less than 25 school resource officers.
Many of the people who spoke out, were against the state requirement and called for the district to ignore it.
“As a collective, it would be great to show how the students view things how it would impact these students and just how they’re opposed to it and how they know overall,” said Jackson Thao, an MPS junior.
Brendyn Jones/TMJ4 MPS has faced public scrutiny and a lawsuit for not having the program in place this year. In an email to TMJ4 Tuesday afternoon, a district spokesperson reiterated what they’d said before.
“MPS is ready to implement an SRO program as soon as officers are made available.”
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