Oakland Unified School District Is Working To Be Police Free

By on June 11, 2020

OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 21: Oakland Unified School District teachers use bullhorns as they picket outside of Oakland Technical High School on February 21, 2019 in Oakland, California. Nearly 3,000 teachers in Oakland have gone on strike and are demanding a 12 percent retroactive raise. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

On Wednesday night, the Oakland Board of Educators held a virtual meeting to discuss police on campus. In this meeting the Oakland Unified School District declared they want police-free campuses.

They are asking that the Oakland Unified School District Police, which is different from OPD, be removed from schools. They have come up with a legislation named The George Floyd Resolution. 

Educators want children to have a safe environment and not feel surrounded by the police. The Board of Educators only presented the legislation during this meeting and will be voting on it this June 24th.