![]() ![]() Niles West principal Karen Ritter and Niles North principal James Edwards presented school suspension data, which demonstrated a disproportionate number of Black students facing disciplinary action. In partnership with the Evanston NAACP branch, Black and brown parents held a press conference last week demanding the board address racist practices and remove school resource officers from district schools. Hankes’ comments come amid discussions of racism in the district. “I feel that many administrators are also scared of the task force, and they are very apprehensive to come and speak and present things that the task force need to know, so that’s holding things back.” “Sometimes it takes weeks to get a response,” said Hankes, a non-voting member of the group. After hearing from administrators, deans and site supervisors, the group will recommend a restructuring of the district’s current safety model to create a system that is safe and supportive of all students and staff.īut Angie Hankes, a task force facilitator and co-chair, said she has had difficulty communicating with administrators. The group was created last September to evaluate the district’s security system, including the use of school resource officers in Niles Township high schools, and comprises staff members, parents, a student and other community members. The Niles Township High Schools District 219 Safety and Security/School Resource Officer task force - which seeks to reform the district’s current security model - has been “set up to fail,” a task force co-chair said at a Tuesday equity committee meeting.
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