Chicago Public Schools experienced three shootings near its schools that left four students dead during the last two weeks of January, so what is the Chicago Board of Education doing about the violence?
Kicking the police out of city schools.
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Removing the Police from Chicago Schools Puts Students at Risk
by Paul Vallas
Chicago Public Schools recently suffered four shooting deaths. The reaction of city and school leaders? Remove police from city schools. Sorry. Wrong answer.
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A Chicago Police officer watches students as they walk home from Laura Ward Elementary school in Chicago, Ill., August 28, 2013.
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Paul Vallas is an adviser for the Illinois Policy Institute. He ran for Chicago mayor in 2023 and in 2019 and was previously budget director for the city and CEO of Chicago Public Schools.
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