Besides JP Elder, how many secondary schools are actually using restorative practices AND have the data to back it up? There may be pockets of teachers that have embraced it but overall it is a highly infective program in secondary schools. The one high school that is supposed to be using it is an epic failure. By the way, the leader of that epic failure is now an assistant superintendent.
Let’s talk about money that could be used for...say...more secondary teachers. The district is spending well over a half a million dollars on this program. About two thirds of that money goes to an outside consulting group and about 80% of that money goes straight into the pocket of the illustrious founder of NEDRP who disguises his program as his “ministry” AKA Joel Osteen. The rest of the money goes to an RP department that has so much infighting and drama that they can't even get on the same page of teaching people how to build relationships, interesting. Speaking of the RP department, why is the entire department African American, with the exception of 1 person, while our district is 67% Hispanic? Does that sound like equity and excellence Mrs. Breed?
We can’t go without saying that this entire program, being disguised as a sustainable process, is being spearheaded by 2 people that have NEVER worked in a school, Michael Steinert and Christopher Riddick.
