Metea Valley Case Study

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Student and police forum serves as an initiative

Metea Valley took part in an empowering Thursday night in which seven other local high schools and the Aurora Police Department came together at Meyer Ballroom in Downtown Aurora as a forum. By the end of the night, everybody departed their own ways with a universal purpose and responsibility.

Principal Scott Savage of Oswego East High School expressed the importance of this event and our role in the community by telling police officers, students, and among others that he wished “the world was watching this forum. We are going to be ok, this world is going to be ok because of you all,” Principal Mr. Savage said.

Students and Police seized the fortuity of discussing initiatives to building relationships and a better environment throughout the community and schools. The discussion involved stories that came laced with lessons and perspectives. Mustangs were excited to go back and spread the word of kindness and respect towards different races, genders, backgrounds, religions, and sexual orientations with themselves and staff. From this idea, …show more content…

Metea Valley School Resource Officer, Dustin Coppes elaborated on this point, “relationship building and communication comes to play again, so you treat people the way you want to be treated, and hopefully it comes back to you,” Coppes said.

The forum enraveled with an introduction given by Mayor Tom Weisner as he welcomed the incoming crowd of students. As things settled down, he passed the mic to Dr. Brandon Kooi, associate professor of criminal justice at Aurora University, set the stage with a general overview of national state affairs and APD Chief Kristen Ziman expounded on community and relationships with an analysis of the

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