Orleans Parish

School Justice-Justice Partnership :

CO-DEVELOPMENT SESSION
“All Aboard!”

WELCOME

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 Meeting OBJECTIVES
By the conclusion of the meeting, we will have:
Identified and solidify a name for the partnership
Reviewed the FOCUS ACTs and match appropriate community-based resources with each offense
Created a vision
A better understanding the end goal ~ Memorandum of Understanding

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 Introduction

Name

Organization/ Affiliation

Name One Reason for Why We Should Work to Reduce School-Based Referrals to Court?
Ex. Increase Graduation Rates
(place your sticky note on the wall)

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 SCHOOL CULTURE CHANGE

SCHOOLS
CURRENT POLICE Detention COURTS
Suspension
CULTURE Arrest Expulsion Detention
SRO

SCHOOLS COURTS
DESIRED POLICE Restorative Justice
Alternatives to
Diversion Family Intervention
CULTURE Community Resources
Detention

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 Gina B. Womack
Families and Friends of Louisiana’s Incarceration Children (FFLIC)

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Vision…
Problem: Students are being introduced to the juvenile justice system by way of the education
system.
Goal: To decrease/reduce/eliminate the number of students being referred to the juvenile
justice system for school-based offenses.
Vision:
Proposed: The Orleans Parish School-Justice Partnership Model envisions a New Orleans
where children/students are offered every opportunity to reach their fullest potential by
remaining free from and uninvolved with the juvenile and criminal justice system.

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VISION
Step 1: Read the proposed Vision
Step 2: Read the
• Problem
• Goals
• Reason for Why We Should Work to Reduce School-Based Referrals to Court?

Step 3: If you feel the need, make changes to the vision

Step 4: Identify a spokes person

Step 5: State whether or not you had changes to the vision and what change(s) were made.

60 Minute to Share

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2 minute Break

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School-Justice Partnership Branding
Let’s Discuss and Vote!

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School-Justice Partnership Brand

Started with… Votes

 Justice for all students  Justice for all students - 1
 Orleans Community School Justice Continuum  Paving Alternative Strategies for Success (PASS) - 6
 Systems That Care For All Students  How Are the Children: The Orleans Parish Justice
 Creating Alternative Routes in Education (CARE) Cooperative - 15
 Paving Alternative Strategies for Success (PASS)
 Orleans Parish Collective Impact School-Justice
 School Justice Partnership or Alliance
Partnership - 7
 How Are the Children: The Orleans Parish Justice
Cooperative  Success Through Alternative Measures
 Orleans Parish Collective Impact School-Justice Partnership (STAMP) - 18
Partnership
 Success Through Alternative Measures Partnership
(STAMP)

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 Let’s Vote

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 Who’s Missing?

Using a stick write the name of a person, organization, company,

business, etc. who should be on the train!

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 FOCUS ACTS
Offenses District Attorney’s Response

OFFENSES YES, NO, MAYBE

Simple Battery Yes, unless serious injuries
Disturbing the Peace Yes
Marijuana Possession No
Theft (Misd) Yes
Weapon Maybe, Guns NO
Drugs (Not THC) No
Battery (2nd Degree) No
Battery (School Teacher) Maybe, i.e Transfer Intent
Criminal Damage Yes
Agg. Battery No
Criminal Trespass Yes
Agg. Assault Maybe, Depends on weapon
Simple Assault Yes
Simple Burglary (of school) Maybe
TXT (Motor Vehicle) No
Terrorizing (cyber bullying) No
Armed Robbery No
Extortion/Threats Maybe, Depends on nature of threats
Sexual Battery (misd) No
Criminal Mischief Yes
Planned Bomb Threat No
Rape No
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 Focus Act Response Matrix
List of Focus Acts: Simple Battery; Disturbing the Peace; Misdemeanor Theft; Weapon Possession (No Gun)
Battery (School Teacher) if transferred intent; Criminal Damage; Criminal Trespass; Simple Assault;
ACTS

Aggravated Assault (No Gun or Injury); Simple Burglary (of school maybe); Threats (Verbal Only)
Criminal Mischief
Person Property Weapon Inappropriate Drugs Public Order Other
 Simple Battery  Misdemeanor Property Weapon Possession (No  Disturbing the Peace
Touch
TYPES

 Battery (School Teacher) If  Criminal Damage Gun)  Criminal Trespass

transferred intent  Simple Burglary (of  Threats (verbal only)*
 Simple Assault school)  Criminal Mischief
 Aggravated Assault (No
Gun or Injury)
 Threats (verbal)*

WHAT IS THE APPROPRIATE RESPONSE, ex. A Workshop; Program; etc.

RESPONSES

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At every stop on the journey may we continue to ask…
And how are the Children?

https://www.westat.com/our-work/featured-stories/and-how-are-children

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ORLEANS PARISH JUVENILE COURT JUDGES “It takes a village”
Candice Anderson, Chief Judge
Ernestine Gray, Senior Judge
Mark Doherty
Tammy Stewart
Desiree Cook-Calvin Johnson
Thank You !
OPJC WEBSITE

https://nola.gov/juvenile-court/

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