Public Delegation Board Meeting

Summary

• Delegate Sherry Brashears addressed the board on the School Liaison Officer (SLO) program review presented at the May 13 Policy and Governance Committee meeting.
• Brashears argued the evaluation's claimed improvements in negative perceptions among Black and Indigenous students are based on very small sample sizes (29 Black students, 16 Indigenous students) and that Indigenous students were underrepresented relative to their share of the VSB population.
• She noted the report itself acknowledged poor engagement with Indigenous learners, and suggested the report reads more as a promotion of the SLO program than an objective evaluation.
• Brashears called on trustees to request a more targeted and inclusive follow-up, to consider redirecting resources from policing toward counsellors and youth workers, and to invite broader community input given the significant opposition to the program in 2021 and 2022.
• No trustee questions were raised following the delegation; the meeting adjourned after the single agenda item.