Abstract
As 2022 approaches, movements to remove police from PreK-16 schools proliferate across the country. The rebellion of 2020 infused new energy into long standing campaigns to redefine safety in public schools and propelled a fresh investment in mobilizing schools as sites to build racial justice. Across communities and schools, restorative justice continues to gain momentum as districts lean into practices that aim to name and repair harm. Increasing numbers of school-based personnel are questioning the presence of police in schools. With demands to divest from the carceral – or the punitive – state, to decolonize curriculum, to hire and retain more Black Indigenous People of Color (BIPOC) educators, young people, parents, community, educators, and school leaders continue to advance abolitionist practices from the ground up.