December 3rd, 2020

The Board of Trustees of the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) is looking for current WRDSB students, parents/caregivers and teachers to apply to join the Committee on the School Resource Officer (SRO) program and the Relationship between the Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) and the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS)

The committee will review and provide recommendations on the School Resource Officer (SRO) program and the Board’s relationship with the Waterloo Regional Police Service.

About this committee

The committee will review:

  • The origins and history of the program
  • The current scope of the program
  • Data on the role played by SROs (number and type of interactions, number of arrests of students, etc.)
  • Possible rationales for discontinuing the program
  • Possible rationales for continuing the program, whether in its current form or in some other form
  • Information from other school boards on their relationship to their local police service and any changes that they may be contemplating to that relationship

Who can apply to join this committee?

We are looking for three (3) members of each of the following groups:

  • Current WRDSB Students
  • Parents/Caregivers of Current WRDSB Students
  • Teachers at WRDSB schools
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Please note: applications are open until December 15 at 5:00 pm and committee meetings will begin in the new year, with timelines yet to be determined.