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Council member inquires about positive aspects of restorative justice in schools
9:39:36
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Council Member Rita Joseph asks about positive aspects of restorative justice in schools. A student responds that their school only has peer mediation and social workers, but these resources are not well-advertised or easily accessible.
- The student only learned about the social worker's presence a year after joining the school
- Many students are unaware of the availability of social workers
- Social workers are not present at the school every day
Rita Joseph
9:39:36
Thank you.
9:39:37
You mentioned in one of the examples of meditation, what other positive aspect restorative justice have you seen in your school?
Esther
9:39:49
I'm afraid to say that the only restorative practice in my school is peer mediation.
9:39:55
There are social workers, but it's not advertised enough in our school.
9:40:00
I was I recently got to my school a year ago as a freshman and it wasn't I didn't know until this year in like December that there was a social worker and that they don't even they're not even there every day, and most of my friends that I've asked and other people that I've asked, they aren't aware that they are social workers.