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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My son was assault this year. The counselor asked son and offender to sit together with guided interactions by counselor.  I guess this was the restorative justice.

Son refused just as I would have refused sitting for some bs with a maniac who physically assaulted me.

So let your children know that RJ is opt out if they like.[/quote]

I didn't know that they could opt out and the counselor didn't even contact me about what was going to happen before it happened. My elementary school kid got to listen to his group of bullies tell him all of the things he did that made them bully him. He felt scared and targeted during the actual bullying. He felt scared and targeted during the confrontation with the counselor and he felt like his behavior caused the bullying (which it didn't - one complaint was that they don't like how he coughs). None of the parents of the bullies were contacted. I know this because one reached out to me much later - after we had to switch schools - to find out what happened and said that the school didn't call her once about any of it.[/quote]

I’m a former teacher. RJ sickens me. I’ve watched victimized children have to relive horrors. I hate it, and I hated having to take part in it.

I’m sorry your child experienced that. [/quote]

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