Black Lives Matter Toronto wants police officers out of GTA schools

* Public apologies issues to children and families of children who have experienced abuse or violence from police officers on school property.

* Divestment,defunding and immediate cessation of the Youth Education Officers Program and of the protocol of having police officers on duty in public schools, to ensure an environment safe from intimidation, harassment and violence.

* The implementation of anti-racist training to be mandated at all levels.
The creation of community healing space for Black identified students who have experienced anti-Black racist violence in the school board through harassment by staff and administration.

* Implementing a strategy to support Black students who have been pushed out of secondary school gain access to postsecondary education.

* Appropriate allocation of material and human resources to the Africentric Alternative School, the Leonard Braithwaithe Program at Winston Churchill Collegiate and the Africentric Program at Downsview Secondary School.

* The creation of representative district level advisory boards comprised of Black parents, Black students, Black community members, and Black community organizers. Without the approval of these advisory boards, no Black student in the Peel District School Board or Toronto District School Board should face suspensions, expulsions, or placement in a behavioural or Section 23 program.

* Adequate support (including financial support) of community-determined educational programs created to address the achievement gap for Black students.

* Adequate support for community-determined educational programs prioritizing the emotional well-being of Black students, prioritizing programs with an intersectional lens addressing anti-Black racism in conjunction with colonialism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, xenophobia, and other systemic oppressions that contribute to the violence inflicted on Black communities.