Charlottesville City Schools approve new safety plan after removing school resource officers
Charlottesville City Schools approve new safety plan after removing school resource officers By Max Marcilla | May 6, 2021 at 10:12 PM EDT - Updated May 7 at 12:48 AM
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (WVIR) - On Thursday, Charlottesville’s school board approved a new school safety plan. It was the first since it decided to get rid of school resource officers nearly a year ago.
City schools will be hiring and training in a new way. There will be a total of eight unarmed care and safety assistants (CSA’s) inside the schools, including new hires at Buford Middle and Charlottesville High Schools. Their training will consist of mental health and de-escalation techniques.