The Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline Calls for the Removal of School Resource Officers from Gwinnett County Public Schools

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2020, Lawrenceville, Ga. – During this time in our nation’s history, the public has re-examined the role of police in our communities. We at Gwinnett SToPP have been calling for an end to overly harsh and ineffective discipline at Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) since our founding in 2008. It […]

Meet Isaiah

Meet Isaiah T., one of our summer interns. Isaiah is a recent graduate from Grayson High School, and will attend Georgia Tech in the coming Fall. We look forward to Isaiah adding a more youthful perspective to the organization. I will be majoring in Aerospace Engineering and minoring in Public Policy, an uncanny combination; I […]

Meet Amina

Meet Amina B, one of our summer interns. Amina is a Junior Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies major at Georgia State, driven to create systemic and communal changes from an intersectional approach. She began her journey in high school where she attended Meadowcreek High School and was made aware of the various challenges students face […]

SROs Have Got To Go!

Our children have a very different school experience than most of us growing up. When we acted up, we were sent to the principal’s office—now they can be arrested. Police in schools have changed that dynamic to the point of trauma. Sure, maybe the concept of police in schools is well-intentioned. When children are gunned […]