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The Toronto District School Board appears to be ready to kill a decade-old program that placed armed police officers in schools.

The move seems to be based on purely political reasons, as opposed to overwhelming opposition on the part of students, staff and parents.

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The program was introduced 10 years ago after the fatal shooting of 15-year-old Grade 9 student Jordan Manners inside C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute.

Last year, the school resource officer program, as it’s called, placed 45 officers in Toronto public high schools.

After anti-police activists complained, the TDSB put the program on hold.

A review by board staff has now recommended cancelling the program and it appears the school board will do that.

In all, 15,500 students were questioned.

A small percentage said they were intimidated by the presence of a police officer in the schools.

Only 14% said that they felt they were under surveillance.