CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) – The four candidates vying for three open spots on the Charlottesville City School Board are split on the issue of School Resource Officers, or SROs.
Armed police officers will be returning to Charlottesville schools in fall of 2026, per a decision made by the School Board in March. The vote marked a significant departure from the Board’s choice to drop SROs in 2020.
All four candidates tell 29News that safety and protecting everyone inside school walls is a priority – they just have different ideas about how to make that a reality…