The Wellington Catholic District School Board says discussions regarding police presence in schools are ongoing.
"At this time Wellington Catholic has not made a decision on this program in our schools," said Alison Wilson, communications coordinator at the WCDSB, in an email.
Both the WCDSB and the Upper Grand District School Board have had a long-standing relationship with the Guelph Police Service (GPS) through the School Resource Officer program that sees an officer embedded in some schools.
On Tuesday, the UGDSB voted unanimously to discontinue its Student Resource Officer program after several months of consultation.
Both boards conducted public consultations last fall to determine how they can support equity in their schools after hearing from community regarding police targeting BIPOC students.
“Members of our senior team and our equity committee continue to implement the ideas generated through this consultation in our action plans. We will continue to have discussions with our local police services and stakeholders in the future,” said Wilson.
Last summer, Tamara Nugent, WCDSB’s director of education at the time, said incidents like the one of George Floyd left everyone shaken, and the board was looking into accelerating change in its society, in its school board and in its schools.
Nugent had said the board would seek to gather comprehensive input to develop its equity plan which is a part of the board’s overall improvement plan.
