Almost two years ago the Georgia Department of Education revised its restraint policy and enacted a regulation that is illegal under Georgia’s self defense laws and Poses A Safety Threat to Teachers, School Staff, School Administrators, Special Education Clinicians, Students and Paraprofessionals. The result: Another 6 year old student handcuffed The Georgia Department of Education does [...]
Finally, Georgia seems to have a YDC Director with some common sense. The past administration that couldn’t let the exit door hit them in the ass fast enough. When the past administration took over and changed the YDC’s policies to where staff could no longer maintain control over the juvenile population, the staff called what [...]
Problems with rising violence and riots and violence in classrooms led to Georgia’s 4th commissioner on juvenile justice. The increase in violence arose from a change of policy in Georgia’s juvenile justice policy to a “sanctuary” policy where staff were discouraged from maintaining safety and security. Georgia is now recognizing reality with its new commissioner [...]
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Two Newnan High School students were arrested for fighting at the school and booked at the Coweta County Jail. According to Coweta County Jail records, Brandi Tiara Johnson and Ashley Woods were both charged with affray, a legal term for fighting. The students were arrested by Student Resource Officers with the Newnan Police Department. According [...]
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This fight was more savage than anything Brooklyn Harper had ever seen at Westlake High School. Two years ago Georgia Department of Education reduced the ability of teachers to maintain a safe environment. According to this article the total number of serious offenses rose in metro school district in direct correlation to DOE’s policy change. [...]
Continue reading about GA. Beating in Atlanta High School raises safety concerns
Georgia Department of Education severely limited the tools teachers can use to intervene. Thus teachers are having to call police to stop the violence in schools. Recently Southern poverty law center filed suit in Alabama against the improper use of pepper spray against Alabama school children. An Albany High School student was pepper sprayed by [...]
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A Northside High School student was arrested following an after-school fight at Warner Robins High School on Friday. Northside student Cierra Gordon, 17, and two other girls approached a 16-year-old Warner Robins student as she was walking to her car in the school’s stadium parking lot about 2:55 p.m., the 16-year-old told a Warner Robins [...]
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Two West Side High School teens were wounded, one critically, in a drive-by shooting Wednesday morning. Now investigators who believe the 16-year-olds were targeted are trying to find out why. The incident happened about 6:40 a.m. at the school’s bus stop on Virginia Avenue near Storey Drive, Macon police spokeswoman Ms. Jami Gaudet said. About [...]
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