School Board member Mary Burke, who was president of the board for a year until earlier this month, said that “as far as I know” the existence of the police survey had not been shared with the board.

The Police Foundation survey would have asked respondents to rate the effectiveness and professionalism of the SROs at the schools where they worked on a five-point scale, asked them to rate the confidence they had in the Police Department on a four-point scale, and provided respondents a chance to share anything else they wanted about the SROs or the Police Department. It also asked for respondents’ demographic information and where they worked.

The district is in the final school year of a three-school-year-contract to station SROs at the four main high schools. The ad hoc committee in September recommended the officers remain, but the School Board approved the recommendation in December with an amendment that would give the district the final say over whether any specific SRO remains at a school. The city has said that it cannot hand over control of a personnel decision to the district and negotiations on a new contract have largely been stalled since then.