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Commentary: A 'mental health first' approach is needed in our schools, not school resource officers

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By Monica Jorgensen, Sheri Parker, Elizabeth Rendon
| The San Diego Union-Tribune Verified
A demonstrator makes a sign reading ‘Invest In The Students Period’ as Black Lives Matter-Los Angeles supporters protest outside the Unified School District headquarters calling on the board of education to defund school police on June 23, 2020 in Los Angeles, California. The demonstrators want the funds currently spent on campus police to be reallocated to other student-serving priorities. (Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images) (Getty Images) By Monica Jorgensen , Sheri Parker , Elizabeth Rendon Dec.
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Commentary: Mental health professionals should replace police in schools. Here's why.

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By Monica Jorgensen, Sheri Parker, Elizabeth Rendon
| The San Diego Union-Tribune Verified
In this Dec. 9, 2013, file photo, a school resource officer in Anderson, Calif., walks a middle school student back to class. (ASSOCIATED PRESS) By MONICA JORGENSEN, SHERI PARKER, ELIZABETH RENDON Dec. 2, 2020 11:02 AM Share Are our students being primed to be imprisoned? In 2016, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights found a Black preschool child is 3.6 times more likely to receive one or more out of school suspensions than a White preschool child.
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