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Contact Information Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent
Escambia County School District
Steve Marcanio, Director of Middle Schools
Escambia County School District
Escambia County
School District
Restorative Justice Model
Create a District where parents want to send their children, students want to learn, teachers want to teach, and employees want to work.
Vision
Our Journey…time for a changein direction
Historical Data: Cell Phone Incidents Resulting in Out of School Suspensions
2005-2009:
2027 Incidents resulting in suspension
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
TOTAL EXPULSIONS (JULY ‘08 THROUGH MAY ‘09): MIDDLE SCHOOL: 59HIGH SCHOOL: 75
Expulsion Data
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
2009-2010 School-Wide
Behavior Management Plans
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
Restorative JusticeSchool Accountability Boards
Five Middle Schools Selected
All AgreedSuspending a student is ineffective in changing behavior
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
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.
Community members were also invited to this training
Schools were encouraged to begin using School Accountability Boards (when appropriate as a strategy)
Schools have begun conducting School Accountability Boards!
Taking The Risk …
Two Boys….
History of Problems with Each Other…
First Week of School
MAJOR Fight in Cafeteria
The SAB: Student – Parent – Principal – Guidance Counselors – Dean – Teacher - Intervention Specialist –
Community Member
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
An Opportunity for Reflection
And find answers to the hard questions
An opportunity to ask…
Outcomes…
1.Essay – Research three colleges
2.Attend anger management counseling
3.Five hours of restitution to the cafeteria – clean up after lunches
4.Deadline for completion – 30 days
“Yea, I need to make this right.”
A realization that the adults are really there to help
School Accountability Boards…An investment in their future…
an investment in ours
Escambia County School District’s School Accountability Board
Review of SAB Packet
Contact Information Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent
Escambia County School District
Steve Marcanio, Director of Middle Schools
Escambia County School District