BC- Nine school board members elected to the SD61 school board a little over two years ago could soon be replaced by the province over the ongoing standoff over the police liaison program. SD61 has 20k students in 10 middle schools and seven secondary schools across the district in Esquimalt, Oak Bay, Victoria, View Royal, and parts of Saanich and Highlands. The question of whether the School Police Liaison Officer (SPLO) program should be reinstated in those schools came to a head last fall. Lisa Beare, the minister responsible for education and childcare issued a directive by ministerial order for an updated student safety plan to be developed in collaboration with the board of education and police departments.” Then last month, she said the submitted plan was inadequate and that…
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