HOLLAND A group of Holland residents is asking the Holland school board to consider ending a partnership with local police for school resource officers.
Three people spoke during public comment of Monday’s Holland Public Schools Board of Education meeting to make their request.
Dan Carter, Chris Theule-VanDam and Jill Russell, all HPS parents, spoke about disrupting what they described as the school-to-prison pipeline by reallocating financial resources used to bring law enforcement into the school. Several others indicated support for the group in the chat box of the Zoom meeting.
The district has two school resources officers, one at both Holland High and Holland Middle. Salaries for the officers are split between HPS and Holland Department of Public Safety.