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Charles County board backs pilot peer‑court program for upper elementary students
Summary
The Board of Education voted by consensus Nov. 4 to ask staff to develop a FY27 pilot of a peer‑court restorative justice program modeled on Canyons, Utah, aimed at reducing repeat disruptive behavior by using trained student judges and restorative dispositions for nonviolent infractions.
The Charles County Board of Education on Nov. 4 asked staff to design a pilot peer‑court program for upper elementary students and include startup funding in the fiscal‑year 2027 budget planning.
Chairperson Yonel Morley framed the proposal as preventive and restorative, saying the goal is to give young students tools to correct behavior before it escalates: “they're not bad students, they're bad behaviors,” she said during the presentation on the model the district…
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