Schools

ACLU to Look at SLPD’s Use of Social Media to Spy on San Leandro Students

ACLU to Look at SLPD’s Use of Social Media to Spy on San Leandro Students Civil Liberties, Legal, Police, Schools No Responses »

Jan 052015

A lawyer from the ACLU has contacted a member of SAFE and explained that they are starting a review process on the tracking of kids’ online activities and the keeping of records on kids through graduation. At their last City Council meeting, the Council approved a grant that will provide the San Leandro Police Department with resources to spy on students using social media and to maintain a database of any student behavior that could label a child as being “at risk,” this starting in elementary school. The ACLU is working to determine if the SLPD’s proposed tracking and [Continue Reading]

San Leandro City Council To Vote Tonight to Spy on School Children

San Leandro City Council To Vote Tonight to Spy on School Children Police, Schools No Responses »

Dec 152014

SAFE Asks City Council to Vote Against COPS Grant Update: The City Council voted to accept the COPS grant. All but one of the speakers spoke against having SROs in Schools. Last week, Students And Families for Education (SAFE) helped defeat the proposal to spend $1.7 of the San Leandro School District’s education fund on police in schools. Tonight, the San Leandro City Council votes on accepting the COPS Grant. In addition to requiring the city spend money on new police positions, the grant proposal lays out Police Chief Sandra Spagnoli‘s plan to use the grant money to start a [Continue Reading]

Students, Parents to Hold Rally Opposing COPS

Students, Parents to Hold Rally Opposing COPS Community, Event, Schools No Responses »

Dec 052014

Students And Families for Education (SAFE), a newly-formed coalition of San Leandro parents, students and community members, will hold a rally on Tuesday, December 9th at 6pm, outside San Leandro City Hall. The rally will take place before the San Leandro School Board meeting at which the Board will vote on whether to divert hundreds of thousands of dollars from school classrooms towards paying police officers’ salaries. SAFE opposes the use of any school funds to pay for law enforcement. “San Leandro schools have been underfunded for years, class sizes have gone from 20 students to 28, and school counselors [Continue Reading]

San Leandro Candidates Position on COPS Grant

San Leandro Candidates Position on COPS Grant Police, Politics, Schools No Responses »

Oct 302014

The San Leandro Police Department applied for a $500,000 COPS grant to fund a total of four school resource officers (SRO’s). The SLPD, however, neglected to let the City Council and the School Board know that they would be on the hook for $1.69 million in matching funds. Any money spent on the SROs would have to be diverted from other uses. In the case of the school district, it might mean further cutting educational programs and not being able to restore counselors and nurses. I contacted candidates for Mayor, City Council and School Board to ascertain how they would vote [Continue Reading]

San Leandro City Council Meeting Notes: Homelessness & COPS Grant

San Leandro City Council Meeting Notes: Homelessness & COPS Grant City Hall, Police, Schools No Responses »

Oct 302014

The San Leandro City Council eliminated full minutes of Council meetings several years ago. To make up for this, and keep San Leandrans informed of what the Council is up to, Mike Katz-Lacabe tweets from the meetings. I’ve started compiling his tweets on this blog. You can follow Mike’s tweets at @slbytes. These are the meetings from the 10/20/14 meeting. The Council voted on whether to accept the COPS grant. This provides $500K to fund four school resource officers, but requires the San Leandro School district to pay $1.7 million in matching funds. The following day, the School Board tabled the vote [Continue Reading]

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