Christina School District to phase out SROs in middle schools

The Christina School Board on Tuesday approved a plan to phase out school resource officers in the district’s middle schools and replace them with constables.

SROs will remain in the high schools for at least the next school year, though it’s likely their potential removal will be debated again next summer.

Superintendent Deirdra Aikens asked the board to renew the contracts for all nine of the district’s SROs, but a majority of the board members expressed their opposition to having armed police officers stationed in schools…

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