Valley News - Column: Police in schools don't make them safer

Column: Police in schools don’t make them safer
Steve Nelson
Modified: 5/7/2021 10:10:03 PM
On Wednesday, the Lebanon School Board will finally vote on the matter of continuing to include a school resource officer in the budget. It will be fascinating to see how the controversy is resolved.
Valley News columnist Jim Kenyon and staff writer Tim Camerato have done a fine job framing the issue. To say the community is divided is an understatement. The vote on the nonbinding referendum was inconclusive (1,011 to 1,006) and, according to reports, letters and other public comment has been similarly divided.
As head of a New York independent school for 19 years and as a frequent visitor and “principal for a day” at a number of public schools in Harlem and the Bronx, I have relevant experience.

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