Marietta, Georgia: Our Students Often Have Run-Ins w/Police. We Started a Two-Way Dialogue to Help.

Our Students Often Have Run-Ins With Police. We Started a Two-Way Dialogue to Help.

Ignacio first came to our alternative education program after a violent confrontation with school resource officers. His choice of friends left him at risk for gang activity, drug use, violence and dropping out. In some ways, he was hanging onto school by a thread. But as he spent time with us in the classroom we got to know him. He talked about anime and skateboarding, tattoos and “Narcos” on Netflix. He also started making a concerted effort to complete his schoolwork. And his parole officer often talked about how great he was doing and how there was a real possibility ...

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