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Safety, weapons and police

At least 1 in 10 of the 4,162 school board meetings we read in the past year dealt with safety, weapons and police.

Spreadsheet: all 4,162 meetings read, 476 marked yes
11.4%of meetings (90% range of our count 10.4%⁠–⁠12.5%)
476meetings
315districts

We catch about 5 in 10 meetings that discuss this (90% range 42%⁠–⁠64%); counts are floors.

Clips

Board members on safety, weapons and police

I just want to get an informational item on looking into getting a crossing guard or an admin out in front of the high school during the first half hour of the release of class, which would be about 3:20 to 3:45-ish.John ContrerasMember · El Rancho Unified School District Board of Education · Aug 18, 2026Watch the full meeting from 2:56:22
By state

Meetings where we found safety, weapons and police, state by state

Of the 4,162 checked meetings the issue check read since Nov 1, 2025 · alphabetical, not ranked: we haven't measured how much of each state our count catches, so states can't be compared on these floors · the quiet band is each state's 90% range · a state needs 30+ meetings from 5+ districts, and a state that is mostly one district is named with that district

  1. California13.7% · 8%⁠–⁠20% · 342 mtgs
  2. Colorado4.4% · 1%⁠–⁠10% · 68 mtgs
  3. Connecticut7.4% · 3%⁠–⁠11% · 121 mtgs
  4. Florida20.0% · 8%⁠–⁠30% · 35 mtgs
  5. Illinois10.2% · 6%⁠–⁠14% · 215 mtgs
  6. Indiana12.1% · 8%⁠–⁠17% · 156 mtgs
  7. Iowa10.1% · 2%⁠–⁠20% · 59 mtgs
  8. Kansas8.5% · 2%⁠–⁠20% · 35 mtgs
  9. Maryland0.0% · 0%⁠–⁠8% · 34 mtgs
  10. Michigan22.5% · 16%⁠–⁠29% · 213 mtgs
  11. Minnesota10.3% · 6%⁠–⁠15% · 116 mtgs
  12. Missouri6.0% · 2%⁠–⁠10% · 100 mtgs
  13. New Jersey8.8% · 6%⁠–⁠12% · 250 mtgs
  14. New York10.6% · 8%⁠–⁠14% · 478 mtgs
  15. North Carolina7.6% · 3%⁠–⁠12% · 91 mtgs
  16. Ohio10.0% · 5%⁠–⁠15% · 248 mtgs
All 47 states
  1. Oregon6.4% · 2%⁠–⁠10% · 77 mtgs
  2. Pennsylvania13.5% · 9%⁠–⁠18% · 244 mtgs
  3. Tennessee13.6% · 6%⁠–⁠20% · 88 mtgs
  4. Texas15.7% · 11%⁠–⁠21% · 241 mtgs
  5. Virginia20.5% · 15%⁠–⁠26% · 146 mtgs
  6. Washington4.0% · 0%⁠–⁠9% · 124 mtgs
  7. Wisconsin11.6% · 7%⁠–⁠16% · 231 mtgs
  8. Alabama— 25 meetings read
  9. Alaska— 9 meetings read
  10. Arizona— 7 meetings read
  11. Arkansas— 7 meetings read
  12. Delaware— 4 meetings read
  13. Georgia— mostly one district: Paulding County School District, 4 of 10 meetings
  14. Idaho— 19 meetings read
  15. Kentucky— mostly one district: Madison County, 4 of 7 meetings
  16. Louisiana— mostly one district: Ouachita Parish School District, 1 of 9 meetings
  17. Maine— 10 meetings read
  18. Massachusetts— 5 meetings read
  19. Mississippi— 16 meetings read
  20. Montana— mostly one district: East Helena K-12 School District, 3 of 12 meetings
  21. Nebraska— 11 meetings read
  22. Nevada— 17 meetings read
  23. New Hampshire— 26 meetings read
  24. New Mexico— 24 meetings read
  25. North Dakota— 18 meetings read
  26. Oklahoma— 11 meetings read
  27. South Carolina— 18 meetings read
  28. South Dakota— 6 meetings read
  29. Utah— 21 meetings read
  30. West Virginia— 9 meetings read
  31. Wyoming— 24 meetings read
The map

Every district we read, sized by how many of its meetings discussed safety, weapons and police

Los Angeles Unified, CA 13Oakland Unified, CA 7Almont Community Schools, MI 6

One point per district at its Census location · 9 of 1,114 districts have no Census point · one colour, no sides · How we count

Discussed, and who came to speak

Where safety, weapons and police came up, against how many members of the public speak

131030100+Typical district 9%Many speakers, rarely discussedMany speakers, often discussedOften discussed, few speakersPublic speakers per meeting ↑↑ Public speakers per meetingSan Francisco Unified 50%, 32.3 a meetingLos Angeles Unified 68%, 30.9 a meetingFort Worth ISD 11%, 30.1 a meetingMadison County 57%, 0.1 a meeting
← Less often on safety, weapons and policeMore of its meetings →

Also discussed at 172 more districts where we read fewer than 6 meetings:

In the news

At least 770 news articles found by search, Oct 29, 2025 to Oct 28, 2026

Districts that discussed it most

Los Angeles Unified discussed it at 13 meetings, more than any other district.

13 of 19Los Angeles Unified CAmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings7 of 22Oakland Unified CAmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings6 of 12L'Anse Creuse Public Schools MImeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings6 of 13Bellbrook-Sugarcreek Local School District OHmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings6 of 15Almont Community Schools MImeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings5 of 11Swartz Creek Community Schools MImeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings5 of 14Isle of Wight County Public Schools VAmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings5 of 20Kenosha School District WImeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings4 of 7Madison County KYmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings4 of 7King George County Public Schools VAmeetings that discussed it, of the district’s meetings
The meetings behind this number

All 476 meetings, newest first

Showing the newest 100

Spreadsheet: all 4,162 meetings read, 476 marked yes