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

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Reid is another in a long line of stooges for the School Board.

Fire the School Board in the elections and then fire Reid.

Naw. The last thing we need is Republican right wing types overseeing public education.

[Anonymous]

Restorative Justice is a disappointment. That’s poor advisement.

[Anonymous]

The person or people (maybe from Gatehouse?) advocating for restorative justice are citing Ivory Tower research, but they are dismissing the two, possibly three - parents here in FCPS who posted about their own child’s experiences as the victim.

In their cases, RJ failed, and only enabled the bully.

Also, the same sort of University-led research once backed the movement to abandon phonics as a method to teach elementary reading. We now know abandoning phonics was a minor mistake.

So forgive me, as a FCPS parent, if I distrust the latest fad Dr. Reid is pushing, and the “research” from the same suspect sources she is using as a fig leaf here.

[Anonymous]

^^^^ “major mistake,” not “minor.”

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Reid is another in a long line of stooges for the School Board.

Fire the School Board in the elections and then fire Reid.

Naw. The last thing we need is Republican right wing types overseeing public education.

Naw????? Wtf is Naw?? So we should trust you to make choices regarding education?

[Anonymous]

If you vote for democrat endorsed SB, you are voting for equity and restorative justice efforts. They have made their positions on the future of FCPS crystal clear.

I don't support those efforts and will vote for anyone else.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you vote for democrat endorsed SB, you are voting for equity and restorative justice efforts. They have made their positions on the future of FCPS crystal clear.

I don't support those efforts and will vote for anyone else.

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[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you vote for democrat endorsed SB, you are voting for equity and restorative justice efforts. They have made their positions on the future of FCPS crystal clear.

I don't support those efforts and will vote for anyone else.

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DP. You may think this was some self-own by PP, but "equity" has just become an excuse in FCPS for dumbing down academics and sharing less information with parents. Brabrand started out with good intentions and turned into a stooge when he became aware that's what the all-D School Board wanted; Reid has been a stooge from Day One.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Dr. Reid is exactly what the all-D School Board wanted in a superintendent. They hired her because they saw themselves in her.

Don’t attack Reid for being who she is and doing what she was hired to do - promote an equity agenda where the interests of “students impacted by discipline disparities” come first and the interests of students who work hard and abide by the rules come last.

If you don’t like it, vote for other candidates in the upcoming SB elections, such as Paul Bartkowski, Saundra Davis, and Cassandra AuCoin. Vote in another all-D slate of SB candidates and rest assured it will be four more years of the same initiatives.

+1 I will be voting in R candidates for sure this year.

Same. I’m a D and can’t wait to vote a straight R ticket bc of this nonsense.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The person or people (maybe from Gatehouse?) advocating for restorative justice are citing Ivory Tower research, but they are dismissing the two, possibly three - parents here in FCPS who posted about their own child’s experiences as the victim.

In their cases, RJ failed, and only enabled the bully.

Also, the same sort of University-led research once backed the movement to abandon phonics as a method to teach elementary reading. We now know abandoning phonics was a minor mistake.

So forgive me, as a FCPS parent, if I distrust the latest fad Dr. Reid is pushing, and the “research” from the same suspect sources she is using as a fig leaf here.

Anecdotes. The "parent(s)" agreed to the RJ process. It wasn't something forced on them.

We have no proof that those posters are parents, let alone actually went through the RJ process.

I'll take actual studies over anonymous posters with a clear agenda <2 weeks before an election.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Just parroting “it works!” over and over does not make it true.

So then look at the extensive research and case studies.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Restorative justice is traumatic to the victims whether the victims are students or teachers.

Victims only participate voluntarily. No one is forced to do it. Parents must agree to it.

That is not how it is proposed to the parent. It is presented as "this is what we are doing". Parents whose kids are never in trouble do not know the system - but the problematic parents have problematic kids, and you bet they know the system well - they certainly work it to their advantage. The victim loses out, obviously. Something has to change.

The perp should not be allowed to walk around school as if they are not a liability, because they are.

This is the change. Previously, the victim had no ability to affect the outcome. Now, they and their parents have a voice. Show up. Participate if you don't like the outcomes.

The "perps" (WTF?) don't just walk around with no consequences. There are consequences, including disciplinary actions, if appropriate.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s a torrent of words but the intent is to serve as a diversion program, so that bullies and others who cause trouble and can’t follow the rules aren’t held accountable. That will then allow FCPS to manipulate statistics and claim it’s making progress towards meeting “equity” goals.

No one who really wades through all the verbiage and Reid’s statements as to the goal will come away believing for one second that this is really “victim-centered,” so please just cut out the BS.

BS. That is the opposite of what it does.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dr. Reid is exactly what the all-D School Board wanted in a superintendent. They hired her because they saw themselves in her.

Don’t attack Reid for being who she is and doing what she was hired to do - promote an equity agenda where the interests of “students impacted by discipline disparities” come first and the interests of students who work hard and abide by the rules come last.

If you don’t like it, vote for other candidates in the upcoming SB elections, such as Paul Bartkowski, Saundra Davis, and Cassandra AuCoin. Vote in another all-D slate of SB candidates and rest assured it will be four more years of the same initiatives.

+1 I will be voting in R candidates for sure this year.

Same. I’m a D and can’t wait to vote a straight R ticket bc of this nonsense.

How exactly is this "nonsense"?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If you vote for democrat endorsed SB, you are voting for equity and restorative justice efforts. They have made their positions on the future of FCPS crystal clear.

I don't support those efforts and will vote for anyone else.

reddit.com/r/accidentallybased

DP. You may think this was some self-own by PP, but "equity" has just become an excuse in FCPS for dumbing down academics and sharing less information with parents. Brabrand started out with good intentions and turned into a stooge when he became aware that's what the all-D School Board wanted; Reid has been a stooge from Day One.

To each his own. I AM voting for equity. If we're not working towards making education equitable, what's the point?!