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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yes, it is a warped interpretation of restorative justice. We experienced it too.  If a child is disruptive (in the older grades this takes the form of throwing chairs, dishes, etc) the child isn't made to leave the classroom. All of the other kids are asked to leave, and their learning is further disrupted. Kids threw big rocks on the playgrounds. One threw a laptop out the window. Some sent threatening notes to other students. The focus is on protecting and not shaming the perpetrator, to the detriment of the victim and the learning environment.

I'm sorry, OP, that you're experiencing this. We stuck it out for a while and left eventually, just like all of the other founding families we knew. Good luck![/quote]

I think this is true across all of DCPS and charters. "Restorative Justice" means worrying more about the actor than his/her victim. To the extent there is any concern shown towards the victim, that concept of victim is narrowly construed to mean only the kids who was the recipient of violence and not all of the other kids who witnessed it. I understand the focus to ensure that suspensions and discipline are not disproportionately dispensed to black and brown kids (we know it is) but the pendulum has swung too far in the other direction where we are falling all over ourselves to pat ourselves on the back to show how enlightened we are by holding no behavior to account.  [/quote]

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