Bothell Student Tensions over Resource Officer Flare Into Large Protest at City Hall

Wash. students protest in support of SRO after school board cuts program

More than 300 students left campus in support of the school's current officer, Garrett Ware, who has been stationed at Bothell High since 2017

Bothell families, students continue to fight decision to end SRO program

Students and families in Bothell are continuing to push back after the Northshore School Board voted last week to end the district’s last school resource office

Hundreds of Bothell High School students walk out after WA school board removes cops on campus

“They're using some reports of colored students feeling unsafe with an officer on campus, but they're not able to provide those reports."

Bothell High School students walkout in protest of school board vote to cut resource officer program

Bothell High School students are putting up a fight to keep their school resource officer on campus.

Bothell High students rally after school’s police officer is axed

The high school has had a stationed cop, known as a school resource officer, since 1994. School board members voted to end the contract last week.

Jake: Bothell school board votes to defund the police?

I thought the “defund the police” movement was safely in the rearview mirror. Apparently not — at least not in Bothell. The Northshore School Board voted 4-1 last week to eliminate the school resource officer program at Bothell High School (BHS), ending a program that has been in place for over 30 years. The officer in question is Bothell Police Department’s Garrett Ware, who has been assigned to the BHS campus since 2017. By all accounts, he’s …