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Discussion on restorative justice coordinators in schools
5:03:26
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Council Member Rita Joseph inquires about the presence of restorative justice coordinators in the students' schools. The students share their experiences, revealing that one school lacks a coordinator while another is in the early stages of implementing the program.
- One student reports no known restorative justice coordinator at their school
- Another student mentions being a student leader in a newly implemented restorative justice program
- Challenges in implementation are discussed, including some teachers' skepticism about the program
Rita Joseph
5:03:26
Thank you.
5:03:27
Do you have restorative justice coordinators at your schools?
High School Student
5:03:31
For me, I think I haven't seen anything or it hasn't been known to me that we have one in our school and I feel like me learning about restorative justice came from ASAP and I haven't heard of anything in it in my school.
Rita Joseph
5:03:49
Have you gone to look?
High School Student
5:03:51
I've looked around but I'm not sure if I had like, all my classmates have not, heard of it and I feel like it's
Rita Joseph
5:03:59
not very known at my school.
5:04:00
Okay.
5:04:01
What about you?
Hannah Era
5:04:03
For me, I am one of the student leader at restorative justice at my school, but it's like being newly implemented.
5:04:09
And although it's supposed to be both way while like also training teachers, but a lot of teachers are not very like positive about it.
5:04:21
There has been like feedbacks where they don't completely believe in restorative justice.
5:04:25
I've had conversations with them.
5:04:27
So it's still in the process and it hasn't been fully implemented.
5:04:31
But students are, some of the students are going through trainings.