A coalition of students, parents, teachers and advocates from the San Jose Unified School District who successfully pushed the district to end a $1 million-plus contract with the San Jose Police Department last month said their fight is just beginning.

The coalition, known as the San Jose Unified Equity Coalition, is now advocating for the funding to be reinvested into hiring more school counselors and programs that better reach troubled students.

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