Local School Council SRO Determinations
As part of Chicago Public Schools’ commitment to promoting community engagement and transparency, the district is providing a list of schools with School Resource Officers (SROs) who have been advised to make community-led decisions about whether they want to maintain SROs in their schools during the 2020-21 school year.
The district has consolidated a list of LSC and community meetings that have been scheduled to engage the community or vote on the SRO Program. Schools with SRO programs have been asked to vote on whether they wish to continue their SRO program by August 14, 2020.
If an LSC does not have enough members to meet quorum due to vacancies, the district recommends that the existing LSC members engage the school community and conduct a poll to reach a consensus. The principal and network chief will make the final recommendation based on the consensus from LSC members and feedback from the school community. LSCs can re-visit the decision to retain SROs at any time.
Any changes to dates or votes that have been updated from the previously-posted tracker are denoted with a strikethrough. All final decisions previously posted remain the same, with the exception of Kelly High School, which was originally noted as voting to maintain SROs. Additional information is included below in the footnotes regarding that specific circumstance.
The final decisions as of August 17, 2020 are as follows:
- Schools/Campuses Opting to Maintain SROs: 55
- Schools/Campuses Opting to Remove SROs: 17
Status of LSC Votes at Schools with the School Resource Officer Program - Last Updated August 17, 2020
School Name | LSC Meeting Date | LSC SRO Program Vote | |||
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Keep SRO Votes | Remove SRO Votes | Abstained SRO Votes | Maintain SRO Program? | ||
Air Force Academy | 7/14/2020 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Amundsen | 6/9/2020 | 10 |
0 | 0 | Yes |
Back of the Yards | 8/10/2020 |
5 | 6 | 0 | No |
Chicago Vocational | 7/7/2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Clemente | 7/27/2020 |
1 | 9 | 0 | No |
Corliss | 7/14/2020 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
Crane Medical | 7/28/2020 | 5 |
2 | 1 | Yes |
Curie | 8/11/2020 | 3 | 7 | 0 | No |
Douglass | 7/23/2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Farragut | 7/30/2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Gage Park | 8/4/2020 | 4 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
Goode | 7/20/2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Hancock | 8/6/2020 | 4 | 6 | 0 | No |
Harper | 7/30/2020 | 5 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
Hubbard | 7/14/2020 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Hyde Park | 6/8/2020 |
12 |
0 | 0 | Yes |
Jones College Prep | 8/11/2020 |
7 | 5 | 0 | Yes |
Juarez | 7/15/2020 | 1 | 7 | 0 |
No |
Kelly* | 7/13/2020 | 6 | 4 | 0 | No |
Kennedy | 8/10/2020 | 8 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
Kenwood | 7/14/2020 | 9 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
King | 8/13/2020 |
6 | 3 | 1 | Yes |
Lake View | 8/13/2020 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
Lane Tech | 8/10/2020 | 3 | 9 | 0 | No |
Lincoln Park | 8/13/2020 | 3 | 7 | 0 | No |
Lindblom | 8/12/2020 |
7 | 4 | 2 | Yes |
Mather | 8/11/2020 | 4 | 6 | 0 | No |
Michele Clark | 7/16/2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Morgan Park | 7/23/2020 | 10 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
North-Grand | 8/11/2020 |
7 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Northside Prep | 7/7/2020 | 0 | 11 | 1 | No |
Prosser | 8/17/2020 |
6 |
4 |
0 | Yes |
Richards | 8/5/2020 | 7 | 3 | 0 | Yes |
Roosevelt | 8/11/2020 | 3 | 6 | 0 | No |
Schurz | 8/11/2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Senn | 8/11/2020 | 6 | 6 | 1 | No |
Simeon | 8/12/2020 | 10 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
Solorio | 8/7/2020 | 7 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
Steinmetz | 8/12/2020 | 8 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Taft | 7/28/2020 | 12 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Uplift | 8/11/2020 | 1 | 8 | 0 | No |
Von Steuben | 8/13/2020 | 9 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
Washington | 8/12/2020 |
5 | 6 | 0 | No |
Wells | 8/10/2020 | 5 | 4 | 0 | Yes |
Westinghouse | 8/11/2020 |
6 | 4 | 0 | Yes |
Whitney Young | 8/12/2020 | 8 | 5 | 0 | Yes |
Schools Without Quorum
Some schools without quorum polled community participants, in addition to polling members of the LSC. Please note that these are schools without quorum due to membership. Schools without quorum due to lack of attendance were asked to re-convene when quorum could be achieved. Polls with community participation are included below.
School | Date | Poll Results: Keep SRO | Poll Results: Remove SROs | Poll Results: Abstained | Final Decision: Maintain SRO Program? |
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Austin | 7/30/2020 | 3 | 0 | 1 | Yes |
Bogan | 8/10/2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Bowen | 7/30/2020 |
5 | 1 | 0 | Yes |
Carver Military | 7/27/2020 |
6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Chicago Military Academy | 8/11/2020 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
Dunbar | 7/29/2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Foreman | 8/4/2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Harlan | 7/9/2020 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
Yes |
Hirsch | 7/29/2020 | 4 | 0 |
0 |
Yes |
Julian | 7/28/2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Kelvyn Park | 8/5/2020 | 1 | 5 | 0 | No |
Little Village** | 7/28/2020 | 9 | 11 | 0 | Yes |
Marshall | 7/14/2020 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
Yes |
Orr | 8/12/2020 | 3 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Sullivan | 8/7/2020 | 2 | 4 | 0 | No |
Tilden | 8/5/2020 | 3 | 2 | 0 | Yes |
Williams | 8/11/2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | Yes |
Schools with Non-Functioning LSCs
The district is defining schools as having a "non-functioning" LSC if they have multiple LSC members from a technical standpoint, but do not have any active LSC members other than the principal, and despite efforts were not able to convene more than one LSC member at the meeting. All of these meetings included public participation and decisions were made in accordance with procedures outlined above for schools without quorum.
School | Date | Final determination after consulting with the school community: Maintain SROs? |
---|---|---|
Al Raby | 8/6/2020 | Yes |
Bronzeville HS | 8/11/2020 | Yes |
Collins | 7/31/2020 | Yes |
Fenger | 8/4/2020 | Yes |
Manley | 7/30/2020 |
Yes |
Phillips | 8/6/2020 |
No |
Schools Without LSCs
Schools without LSCs have been instructed to engage their school community prior to making determination about the future of SROs in their schools. Dates below indicate community engagement meetings and final decisions will be recorded in this spreadsheet.
School | Date | Final determination after consulting with the school community: Maintain SROs? |
---|---|---|
Dyett | 8/4/2020 | Yes |
Englewood STEM | 7/29/2020 | Yes |
CICS-Ellison Charter School | N/A | Yes |