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"They're doing it for no other reason than to be vindictive on some of the things that have happened in the city that they feel like have not been supportive of their particular party," said Jacque Patterson, the president of D.C.'s State Board of Education. "All they're doing is harming families at the end of the day."
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Mr. Patterson said council members are trying to navigate constituent groups adamantly opposed to police in schools.
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