Councilmember Joy Hollingsworth, who grew up in the Central District and now represents it as District 3’s elected leader, attended Friday’s memorial along with Councilmembers Maritza Rivera, Alexis Mercedes Rinck and Mark Solomon.
She also supports reinstating officers and said the debate shouldn’t be focused on the presence of police or no police. Instead, Hollingsworth said it’s a question of “Can we have a trusted adult in the school?”, which she said the former school resources officers had been.
The call for both more mental health services and a return of police officers comes at a time, however, when the city and Seattle Public Schools face deep budget deficits
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