For over 15 years, Advancement Project has worked with local Denver group
to support their efforts in ending the school-to-prison pipeline
Washington, DC — Today in a press conference, Denver Public School Board Members and local organizations called to terminate the contract between the Denver Police Department (DPD) and Denver Public Schools (DPS) in order to remove police from schools.
Advancement Project National Office has long advocated for #PoliceFreeSchools and enthusiastically supports this call for the removal of police from Denver schools.
Having worked with local Denver organization, Padres y Jóvenes Unidos (PJU), it is clear that a Denver School Board vote to end the contract between DPD and DPS would represent a huge step forward in the fight to end the school-to-prison pipeline that PJU has been leading in Denver for 15 years – in particular, with their End the School to Jail work.
Following the recent progress in Minneapolis and Portland, Advancement Project National Office has encouraged school districts nationwide to follow suit and end all contracts with local law enforcement, indefinitely.
The presence of law enforcement in our nation’s schools is a pressing and alarming issue that Advancement Project National Office and PJU have worked for nearly two decades to combat.
