Representatives of AYSAT and another local activist group called last month for the immediate removal of SROs from the district s schools and a review of classroom discipline procedures, based upon data from this year, and while the district will take more time than that in looking at the issue, action of some kind is coming in the months ahead.
Task force to look at how SROs should be used in Ames, before board decision on whether to have them at all
It currently costs Ames CSD and the city $241,512 a year for two officers to patrol schools.
Ames Superintendent Jenny Risner said Monday that agreement would come before the school board in the future as a contract, and the board s decision on whether to continue it would determine whether the district is served by SROs beyond the 2021-22 school year.
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Update From the House for District 80
by Rep. Holly Brink
Hello Friends,
The first funnel is over, so we have entered into a new season of the session. The only committees that met this week were Ways and Means, Appropriations, and Government Oversight. A large focus this week was given towards passing dozens of bipartisan bills in debate every day.
Those bills will be sent to the Senate, or if they came from the Senate, they will be sent to the Governor’s desk. Every day I come to work I am honored and humbled to be able to be your voice in the Iowa House, thank you.
Ames Tribune
An Iowa lawmaker on Tuesday called Ames Black Lives Matter at School week an abuse of power and misuse of resources, while district leaders defended the importance of affirming diverse identities in the classroom.
The district kicked off Black History Month on Feb. 1 with the Black Lives Matter at School Week of Action, during which teachers engaged students with a set of 13 guiding principles through free resources from outside organizations. Stated goals for the week included to affirm students diverse Black identities, offer them a sense of belonging they might not otherwise have been feeling, and expand students perspectives on Black history and life.