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Monday, June 8, 2020, 6:00 - 9:00 PM
On June 5th at 9:30 a group and student and I drafted a letter to Columbus City School asking them to terminate their contract with the Columbus Police Department. We gave the Board members 72 hours to respond and we have yet to receive a response.  We recognize that the CPD has not only caused stressed on countless students but various forms of trauma.  On June 8th at 6:00pm we are calling for community members and students to join us to protest in front of the Board President Jennifer Adair's house demanding for them to adhere to our demands which are:  1.The Columbus City Schools District terminates contractual agreement with the Columbus Police Department for school resource officers and instead uses the funding to increase counselors, nurses, and social workers in schools. 2.The Columbus City School District releases an action plan, devised with student input, to reaffirm the commitment to Black Lives in their district. 3. The Columbus City Schools District ceases to dispatch police officers for all school-related events and limits communication with the Columbus Police Department except in the case of an emergency, which will be strictly defined, such as extreme acts of violence as in the case of a school shooting.  Location:  1388 Norris Dr., Columbus 43224.  Facebook.