Q&A
Council member inquires about education in criminal justice facilities
4:29:00
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Council Member Rita Joseph asks about the education provided in criminal justice facilities, specifically about reports of students only receiving packets. A representative from the Legal Aid Society explains the current situation, describing an alternating schedule where students attend school every other day and receive worksheets on non-school days.
- Students in criminal justice facilities attend school on an alternating schedule
- On non-school days, students receive worksheet packets that are reportedly not reviewed
- Concerns raised about the effectiveness of this educational approach
Rita Joseph
4:29:00
Thank you.
4:29:00
I had a quick question for, criminal justice.
4:29:05
You said they were only providing them with packets?
Melinda Andra
4:29:10
We've gotten various reports from our sorry.
4:29:13
We've gotten various reports from our clients.
4:29:15
So at the, we've been told that there was an a schedule and a b schedule.
4:29:22
We have confirmation of that from the principal at Passages.
4:29:26
And then students are taken to school every other day.
4:29:28
On the days that they are not taken to school, they stay in their unit.
4:29:33
And our clients tell us that they're given packages of worksheets, that it it appears nobody checks or goes over with them.
4:29:41
If they do attempt to do the work, they tell us they don't know if they did it correctly or not because no one is reviewing that work with them.