Dr. Reid replacing school discipline with “restorative justice” ?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your child is the victim can you refuse to participate? Force them to follow the disciplinary code for detentions, suspensions, etc. If the problem involves any sort of physical contact let the school know you'll be contacting the police to show up at the school if they don't address it?

Good luck with that (if you think that FCPS and FCPD don't communicate? Really?)

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:When can we fire Dr Reid and send her back to Washington State where she belongs? Keep her PNW to herself.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes.

Completely insane.

Our poor teachers and administrators!

+1

It creates a dangerous environment, truly.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Reid says she is implementing “restorative justice.”

This is a portion of Michelle Reid’s weekly update sent to FCPS parents:

"The second initiative is our Restorative Justice Program’s new Responsible Pathway to Restorative Justice Facilitation. This pathway program will enable trained and endorsed members of Team FCPS to operate as school-based restorative justice facilitators. By this time next year, our goal is to have two of these facilitators in each of our schools. I’m thrilled about this program and how it will support us to provide excellence, equity, and opportunity for each and every one of our students, especially those impacted by discipline disparities. [i] As I shared with the principals on Thursday, I know there likely are a lot of questions about these two initiatives! More information on our Instructional Rounds and the Responsible Pathway to Restorative Justice Facilitation will be made available in the coming weeks; stay tuned!"

Do you think this is a good idea? Will this new approach increase or decrease crime in your child’s school?

What exactly is “restorative justice”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Reid says she is implementing “restorative justice.”

This is a portion of Michelle Reid’s weekly update sent to FCPS parents:

"The second initiative is our Restorative Justice Program’s new Responsible Pathway to Restorative Justice Facilitation. This pathway program will enable trained and endorsed members of Team FCPS to operate as school-based restorative justice facilitators. By this time next year, our goal is to have two of these facilitators in each of our schools. I’m thrilled about this program and how it will support us to provide excellence, equity, and opportunity for each and every one of our students, especially those impacted by discipline disparities. [i] As I shared with the principals on Thursday, I know there likely are a lot of questions about these two initiatives! More information on our Instructional Rounds and the Responsible Pathway to Restorative Justice Facilitation will be made available in the coming weeks; stay tuned!"

Do you think this is a good idea? Will this new approach increase or decrease crime in your child’s school?

What exactly is “restorative justice”?

It's no detention, no suspension and no expulsion. Beyond that? No one cares. (It's talking, and an apology to the victim, etc.)

[Anonymous]

Invite Dr Reid to get in the middle of the teen fights in the cafeteria, hallways, and restrooms
Lake Braddock SS is restorative place.

[Anonymous]

And this is why I am a D who is not voting in the upcoming election. I have a HS student in FCPS and had to pull my MS'er out of FCPS for the third year because this district is a sh!tshow. School Admin uses the existence of "restorative justice" as an excuse to do nothing, even if the restorative justice mediator opts not to proceed with the matter. So they say "restorative justice" but that doesn't even mean the process will be used! And, now they want school staff to administer it - no thank you.

[Anonymous]

Reid is such a failure. Won't publish average SAT scores for each school; won't disclose current year racial/ethnic data at schools; pushes stupid "restorative justice" initiatives; and inflicts long-winded missives on others in FCPS while ignoring the real problems with academics, operations, and facilities. Get rid of this School Board and replace it with a new one that will get rid of HER.

[Anonymous]

Is this really something new? Or what is new? I thought FCPS was already doing restorative justice? Or is the change that now instead of the ultimate punishment for “last straw” incidents being a kid is moved to different FCPS school, the kid will no longer move? So even if escalates to a last straw incident, the student will stay at same school?

[Anonymous]

We have a kid at our school who has been caught with a weapon, using drugs (fentanyl), using gang signs, etc, with a suspension list longer than he is tall. But he's still in school thanks to this policy. When someone gets killed on school grounds the blood will be on the hands of Reid and the school board.

[Anonymous]

I could be wrong but I believe a key tenet of restorative justice is the consent of all parties (including the victim and the perpetrator) to participate. Coercive participation doesn’t work.

It can be effective at resolving some kinds of conflict. Although in Maori cultures (from which it derives) it is often accompanied by a period of shunning.

[Anonymous]

My guess is this is OP’s attempt to create a phantom menace ahead of the election. The lies about CRT worked for Youngkin a few years back but the histrionics about crime and trans kids in schools isn’t really getting any traction in this cycle so they thought they’d take a new take on fear-based messaging.

[Anonymous]

And just to be clear, they are trying to correct this phenomenon:

https://ballardbrief.byu.edu/issue-briefs/racial-inequality-in-public-school-discipline-for-black-students-in-the-united-states

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My guess is this is OP’s attempt to create a phantom menace ahead of the election. The lies about CRT worked for Youngkin a few years back but the histrionics about crime and trans kids in schools isn’t really getting any traction in this cycle so they thought they’d take a new take on fear-based messaging.

Talk to kids who go to the middle schools and high schools that this board loves to sh$t on about how many fights they see on a daily basis. Just because your kid goes to Langley doesn't mean other kids don't have to deal with it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My guess is this is OP’s attempt to create a phantom menace ahead of the election. The lies about CRT worked for Youngkin a few years back but the histrionics about crime and trans kids in schools isn’t really getting any traction in this cycle so they thought they’d take a new take on fear-based messaging.

Talk to kids who go to the middle schools and high schools that this board loves to sh$t on about how many fights they see on a daily basis. Just because your kid goes to Langley doesn't mean other kids don't have to deal with it.

LHS has its own problems - the parents, for one: "but my Johnny is such a sweet boy!". Your sweet Johnny loses his sh&t and has his mother handle his life for him, see how much that has helped his hair trigger anger issues?