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This is the second article in a two-part series on police reform. To read the first article, click here. As the list of recent police killings grows — Daunte Wright, Kurt Reinhold, Breonna Taylor — the scope of possibilities for police reform does the same.
After a summer saturated with images of police violence and brutality, conversations of police reform have quickly taken center stage in the collective American consciousness.
In the midst of a pandemic that has killed over 170,000 Americans, school districts across the country scramble as they begin the second iteration of online learning.
On Monday, April 20 at 3:06 PM, Berkeley High School’s Principal Erin Schweng announced that she will not be returning to BHS after the 2019-20 school year.
On March 3, 2020, measures E, G, and H were passed in the California Primaries, all of which provide funding to Berkeley Unified School District. Measures G and H provide funding for the improvement and maintenance of school facilities through 2030, while measure E addresses the lack of compensation for BUSD employees.
At 8:34 PM, on Thursday, March 12, Erin Schweng, Berkeley High School’s principal, informed students of a three week district-wide school closure effective immediately.
