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Contact Information. Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent Escambia County School District mthomas@escambia.k12.fl.us Steve Marcanio, Director of Middle Schools Escambia County School District smarcanio@escambia.k12.fl.us. Escambia County School District Restorative Justice Model.

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  1. Contact Information • Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent Escambia County School District mthomas@escambia.k12.fl.us • Steve Marcanio, Director of Middle Schools Escambia County School District smarcanio@escambia.k12.fl.us

  2. Escambia County School District Restorative Justice Model

  3. Vision Create a District where parents want to send their children, students want to learn, teachers want to teach, and employees want to work.

  4. Our Journey…time for a changein direction

  5. Historical Data: Cell Phone Incidents Resulting in Out of School Suspensions 2005-2009: 2027 Incidents resulting in suspension

  6. A New Approach • Revised 2009-2010 Secondary Student Rights and Responsibility Handbook • Cell phones may be confiscated • Parent must come to school to retrieve cell phone

  7. Expulsion Data TOTAL EXPULSIONS (JULY ‘08 THROUGH MAY ‘09): MIDDLE SCHOOL: 59 HIGH SCHOOL: 75

  8. Revised Adjudication Guidelines High School Edition Middle School Edition Changes reflect additional interventions, including ISS, school within a school, and School Accountability Boards Financial Resources - Stimulus Funds

  9. 2009-2010 School-Wide Behavior Management Plans

  10. Mandatory Components of Plans • All schools developed a plan – Clear Vision for behavioral expectations • Baseline data collected • Communicated to students on regular basis • Reward/Recognition component

  11. Restorative Justice School Accountability Boards

  12. Five Middle Schools Selected All Agreed Suspending a student is ineffective in changing behavior

  13. Training funded with Title I, Part D – Neglected and Delinquent Stimulus Funds Additional funding expected through a grant submitted through the Collins Center, funded by the Florida Bar

  14. All faculty and staff received three hours of training – overview of Restorative Justice Model Each school’s leadership team received two full days of intensive training on how to conduct a school accountability board meeting.

  15. Community members were also invited to this training Schools were encouraged to begin using School Accountability Boards (when appropriate as a strategy)

  16. Taking The Risk … Schools have begun conducting School Accountability Boards!

  17. Two Boys…. History of Problems with Each Other… First Week of School MAJOR Fight in Cafeteria

  18. The SAB: Student – Parent – Principal – Guidance Counselors – Dean – Teacher - Intervention Specialist – Community Member

  19. People coming together to help the student understand: the impact of his/her actions on the entire community importance of “Repairing the Harm” what is necessary to help him/her make better choices in the future

  20. An Opportunity for Reflection

  21. An opportunity to ask… And find answers to the hard questions

  22. Outcomes… • Essay – Research three colleges • Attend anger management counseling • Five hours of restitution to the cafeteria – clean up after lunches • Deadline for completion – 30 days

  23. “Yea, I need to make this right.”

  24. A realization that the adults are really there to help

  25. School Accountability Boards…An investment in their future… an investment in ours

  26. Escambia County School District’s School Accountability Board Review of SAB Packet

  27. Contact Information • Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent Escambia County School District mthomas@escambia.k12.fl.us • Steve Marcanio, Director of Middle Schools Escambia County School District smarcanio@escambia.k12.fl.us

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