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Black Lives Matter wants to eliminate the School Resource Officer Program, which stations uniformed officers in Toronto-area schools, as part of six changes targeting anti-black racism in the education system.
Officers have been stationed at schools since 2008, which was funded by a federal grant.
The Toronto group is demanding six specific changes to the primary and secondary education systems in the Greater Toronto Area, including implementing anti-black racism training at all levels of Toronto-area school boards and creating an advisory board of black parents.
Black Lives Matter staged a walkout Monday to lay out its demands.
About 20 Toronto teachers also took part, Black Lives Matter said.