CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) – The Charlottesville School Board is hearing renewed calls to revisit the debate around returning police officers to schools for the 2026-27 school year, with an online petition urging the board to vote again.
The board voted, in March 2025, to place school resource officers in the middle and high school. Since then, it has gathered community input to develop a memorandum of understanding with the Charlottesville Police Department, crafting the details of the program.
But with an online petition circulating, backed by the Legal Aid Justice Center, calling for the board to re-vote, it has set an April 16 work session to consider the matter further. That session will focus exclusively on the topic of police in the city schools…