CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA. (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — Dozens rallied outside of Charlottesville High School Thursday afternoon, urging the Charlottesville School Board to revote on its plan to bring back police officers to schools next year. The rally occurred less than an hour before a work session on the topic.
The protests was organized by a coalition of 12 local organizations. Organizers said the event was put together because the coalition felt the school board had not listened to the community before deciding to bring back the SRO program.
“They didn’t ask for our input,” Terry Tyree, President of the Charlottesville Community Resilience Center and founder of Terry’s Tiny Treasures, told the media before the event. “It was a lack of transparency, a lack of our input, and we already agreed to take the SROs out of the schools. Why put them back in?”…