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Parents spoke out over school safety Thursday night after the arrests at Herbert Slater Middle School. Organized by the the Safe Campus Alliance, over 50 people gathered at the Sonoma County Office of Education discussing solutions regarding school safety within the Santa Rosa City Schools district. SCOE’s Assistant Superintendent Louis Ganzler led much of the discussion which included standardized crisis responses, simplified safety plans and the installation of behavioral threat assessment teams. The return of School Resource Officers or SROs were also brought up. Officials at the meeting included Santa Rosa City Schools Superintendent Anna Trunnell, Sonoma County Superintendent Amie Carter, Trustee Jeremy De La Torre, Santa Rosa City Council Member Jeff Okrepkie and Santa Rosa Police Sgt. Matt Crosbie.
Officials with the Santa Rosa City Schools Board are also planning to discuss campus safety at next Wednesday’s meeting. Superintendent Anna Trunnell requested the discussion after another violent incident on one of her district’s campuses on Thursday. Three Herbert Slater Middle School students were arrested after a fight involving a knife. In March, a Montgomery High School student was killed in a classroom fight involving a knife. Parents have been urging the district to bring school resource officers back to local campuses.