UpdatedThu, Apr 8, 2021 at 8:51 am ET
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Framingham school resource officer Jay Ball attending a June protest with students. (Neal McNamara/Patch)
FRAMINGHAM, MA A forum held Wednesday on police in Framingham schools drew dozens of attendees, including local elected officials, experts and students who say the presence of officers in schools is harmful to their education.
The forum was a collaboration between the group Framingham Families for Racial Equity in Education (FFREE) and Framingham State University. FFREE has since last summer advocated for the removal school resource officers (SROs) from Framingham High School and Keefe Tech. The group collected hundreds of signatures on a petition for the removal effort last year.