The Toronto District School Board ended the School Resource Officer program a few years ago after Black Lives Matter protested the program because some black students felt uneasy about police in school, a solution to a problem BLM created.
The school board had an external body conduct student, parent, and teacher surveys and the vast majority of respondents supported the SRO program continuing.
In the end the school board gave into the demands of the angry mob and canceled the program.
This is the new democracy in Canada, where vocal angry mobs get what they want over the silent majority who casted their vote. Where the feelings of “racialized” individuals are more important than the physical safety of the majority.
When asked whether they would like the SRO Program to continue in their school only 7% of the students said no.
Apparently the feelings of 7% of students is more important than the physical safety and student/police relationships of the majority.
76% of parents surveyed said they felt having an SRO in their child’s school made it a safer place. 78% said they would like the SRO Program to continue in their child’s school, while 8% did not.
Why does such a small number of parents against the SRO program overrule the vast majority that are for the program?
They have media and political influence, and know how to leverage it. Pure and simple. They also, in general, don't have kids in the worst schools in Downsview and Scarborough who bear the brunt of this.
The Toronto District School Board ended the School Resource Officer program a few years ago after Black Lives Matter protested the program because some black students felt uneasy about police in school, a solution to a problem BLM created.
The school board had an external body conduct student, parent, and teacher surveys and the vast majority of respondents supported the SRO program continuing.
In the end the school board gave into the demands of the angry mob and canceled the program. This is the new democracy in Canada, where vocal angry mobs get what they want over the silent majority who casted their vote. Where the feelings of “racialized” individuals are more important than the physical safety of the majority.
It really is insane and undemocratic.
When asked whether they would like the SRO Program to continue in their school only 7% of the students said no.
Apparently the feelings of 7% of students is more important than the physical safety and student/police relationships of the majority.
76% of parents surveyed said they felt having an SRO in their child’s school made it a safer place. 78% said they would like the SRO Program to continue in their child’s school, while 8% did not.
Why does such a small number of parents against the SRO program overrule the vast majority that are for the program?
They have media and political influence, and know how to leverage it. Pure and simple. They also, in general, don't have kids in the worst schools in Downsview and Scarborough who bear the brunt of this.