1. Contact Information Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent Escambia County School District mthomas@escambia.k12.fl.us Steve Marcanio, Director of Middle Schools Escambia County School District smarcanio@escambia.k12.fl.us

2. Escambia County School District Restorative Justice Model

3. Create a District where parents want to send their children, students want to learn, teachers want to teach, and employees want to work. Vision

4. Our Journey… time for a change in direction

5. Historical Data: Cell Phone Incidents Resulting in Out of School Suspensions 2005-2009: 2027 Incidents resulting in suspension

6. A New Approach Revised 2009-2010 Secondary Student Rights and Responsibility Handbook –Cell phones may be confiscated –Parent must come to school to retrieve cell phone

7. TOTAL EXPULSIONS (JULY ‘08 THROUGH MAY ‘09): MIDDLE SCHOOL: 59 HIGH SCHOOL: 75 Expulsion Data

8. Revised Adjudication Guidelines High School Edition Middle School Edition Changes reflect additional interventions, including ISS, school within a school, and School Accountability Boards Financial Resources - Stimulus Funds

9. 2009-2010 School-Wide Behavior Management Plans

10. Mandatory Components of Plans All schools developed a plan – Clear Vision for behavioral expectations Baseline data collected Communicated to students on regular basis Reward/Recognition component

11. Restorative Justice School Accountability Boards

12. Five Middle Schools Selected All Agreed Suspending a student is ineffective in changing behavior

13. Training funded with Title I, Part D – Neglected and Delinquent Stimulus Funds Additional funding expected through a grant submitted through the Collins Center, funded by the Florida Bar

14. All faculty and staff received three hours of training – overview of Restorative Justice Model Each school’s leadership team received two full days of intensive training on how to conduct a school accountability board meeting.

15. Community members were also invited to this training Schools were encouraged to begin using School Accountability Boards (when appropriate as a strategy)

16. Schools have begun conducting School Accountability Boards! Taking The Risk …

17. Two Boys…. History of Problems with Each Other… First Week of School MAJOR Fight in Cafeteria

18. The SAB: Student – Parent – Principal – Guidance Counselors – Dean – Teacher - Intervention Specialist – Community Member

19. People coming together to help the student understand: the impact of his/her actions on the entire community importance of “Repairing the Harm” what is necessary to help him/her make better choices in the future

21. An Opportunity for Reflection

22. And find answers to the hard questions An opportunity to ask…

23. Outcomes… 1.Essay – Research three colleges 2.Attend anger management counseling 3.Five hours of restitution to the cafeteria – clean up after lunches 4.Deadline for completion – 30 days

24. “Yea, I need to make this right.”

25. A realization that the adults are really there to help

26. School Accountability Boards… An investment in their future… an investment in ours

27. Escambia County School District’s School Accountability Board Review of SAB Packet

28. Contact Information Malcolm Thomas, Superintendent Escambia County School District mthomas@escambia.k12.fl.us Steve Marcanio, Director of Middle Schools Escambia County School District smarcanio@escambia.k12.fl.us