Officials hope the new role will help create a pipeline of new school safety agents, a workforce that has declined 28% over the past five years. Critics say teens should not be involved in school safety.

National immigration politics hung over Tuesday’s graduation ceremony for ELLIS Prep, which had a student detained last month by federal immigration authorities.

Mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani would reshape the nation’s largest school system through partnerships and by addressing systemic issues like homelessness and class size.