Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The police don't do anything about violence in FCPS. There was an a/b at Langley, and they did nothing, in the interest of "Restorative Justice". There was a drug dealer at Langley, and they were quietly moved to another school. Parents need to know that FCPS' purpose is to sweep matters under the rug, and blame the victims. I would go to the local news, they will help you - not the police.

I don’t understand. Does restorative justice apply to the justice system as well as schools? Like if there is evidence—they won’t even charge a kid?

Restorative justice has nothing to do with the justice system. It is applied internally by school personnel.

No. The perpetrator sits in a room with the victim and apologizes to the victim. The victim is revictimized as the victim is required to participate.
The victim accepts the apology.

This is in lieu of suspensions as too many minority males were suspended for behavioral issues nationwide. Administrators and teachers are discouraged from suspending students and are evaluated on how many suspensions they have and suspensions are tracked by race. It is meant to be a good thing if minority males are not being suspended.

Restorative justice was started during the Obama years to replace detentions and suspensions and calling parents into the office.

All of this is true.

Poll the public school educators who have been forced to attempt “restorative justice,” and you’ll get nearly unanimous rejection of it as a failed policy

Or just do a search here on DCUM on the term “restorative” to see what educators have consistently said over months and years about this mistake.

Yet, the current school board and their lapdog administrating here in Fairfax keep pushing this failed concept on schools.

If only there were an upcoming school board election . . .

Students have FCPS staff get different treatment

As adults, it is our responsibility to protect children from abuse.

Anonymous wrote:When administrators and school districts won’t help a child who is abused at school, the child takes matters into his/her own hands. THIS is why school shootings are on the rise. And no, taking guns away from everybody won’t stop this. Same kid will bring a different weapon. If you want to measure success on fewer bodies, that’s your prerogative. I feel ONE body is too much, so we best get serious about making sure school troublemakers have swift, severe consequences.

So, you are saying the school shooters were all abused by others? I don't think I agree with that.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Parents should write administration.

Why exactly? They clearly don’t care.
Why should administrators care?

They care if a parent puts a safety concern about another student in writing. They do not want something on record that could make them look culpable if things really come to a head like in Newport News.

I don’t know that writing a safety concern letter to the administrators has made a difference in the past five years. Any examples?

I can think of several examples. My kid's elementary school had a student who was constantly disruptive, threatening other students, fighting, and brought a knife to school. The principal tried to downplay it. That worked until other kids started recording the threats and fights on their phones. Parents wrote a collective letter and at least one threatened to press charges. The student was placed elsewhere. At our middle school there was another kid who was touching girls without permission and making sexual comments while touching himself. Parents were all over it immediately. The principal to her credit stepped up and took it seriously and the student was put at a CSS. At the same school a different kid with a history of bad behavior was posting himself on social media with guns and threatening people he didn't like. Parents were obviously concerned and sent multiple emails. My child wasn't involved but I heard through the grapevine the offender and his mother tried to pull all kinds of nonsense at the MDR that followed and the school was having none of it. Not sure where the kid ended up but it wasn't back at the same middle school.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:The police don't do anything about violence in FCPS. There was an a/b at Langley, and they did nothing, in the interest of "Restorative Justice". There was a drug dealer at Langley, and they were quietly moved to another school. Parents need to know that FCPS' purpose is to sweep matters under the rug, and blame the victims. I would go to the local news, they will help you - not the police.

I don’t understand. Does restorative justice apply to the justice system as well as schools? Like if there is evidence—they won’t even charge a kid?

Restorative justice has nothing to do with the justice system. It is applied internally by school personnel.

No. The perpetrator sits in a room with the victim and apologizes to the victim. The victim is revictimized as the victim is required to participate.
The victim accepts the apology.

This is in lieu of suspensions as too many minority males were suspended for behavioral issues nationwide. Administrators and teachers are discouraged from suspending students and are evaluated on how many suspensions they have and suspensions are tracked by race. It is meant to be a good thing if minority males are not being suspended.

Restorative justice was started during the Obama years to replace detentions and suspensions and calling parents into the office.

Obama has done more to ruin American than any other president. It’s my opinion he’s serving his third term as we speak. Same people, same bs

When administrators and school districts won’t help a child who is abused at school, the child takes matters into his/her own hands. THIS is why school shootings are on the rise. And no, taking guns away from everybody won’t stop this. Same kid will bring a different weapon. If you want to measure success on fewer bodies, that’s your prerogative. I feel ONE body is too much, so we best get serious about making sure school troublemakers have swift, severe consequences.