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MMSD details RESTORE and Metro programs; RESTORE enrollments rose 29%
Summary
District staff described RESTORE (the pre‑expulsion restorative program), Metro juvenile and adult system classrooms, enrollment trends and transition supports; staff highlighted a 29% increase in RESTORE enrollment and that many RESTORE students identify as Black/African American and receive IEP services.
Madison Metropolitan School District staff presented an update on the Office of Youth Reengagement (OYR), describing in‑house alternative programs — including RESTORE — and contracted or partner sites that serve students involved with juvenile and adult justice systems.
Tina Geier, executive director of the Office of Youth Reengagement, told the board the office “collaborates with a variety of contracted partners as well as offering our own unique programming options.” She said the office aims to strengthen connections across alternative high‑school options and to center students’ identities and pathways.
Lily Hengartner, coordinator for progressive discipline, described RESTORE as “our district's expulsion alternative program... students who participate... do so prior to any…
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