On Wednesday in Seattle, the school board voted to suspend its contract with police for a year. Derrianna Ford, a 16-year-old who attends Chicago’s Mather High School, is among the teens protesting to get police out of schools. Nathaniel Genene is a rising high school senior and the student representative for the Minneapolis School Board. ADADTay Anderson, a 21-year-old school board member in Denver, has become the de facto leader of the Black Lives Matter protests there. ADPaul Kelly, principal of Elk Grove High School in Illinois, said having an SRO on campus makes him feel more secure.

Source: Washington Post June 12, 2020 15:06 UTC