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Southwest principal says restorative "lunch circle" program reduced suspensions and created adult supports for students
Summary
Principal Tyler Johnson presented suspension and lunch-circle statistics showing the program's use since 2023 and credited it and school social workers with reducing exclusionary discipline. He asked the board to note the program as part of wider efforts to support students' social and emotional needs.
Principal Tyler Johnson told the board he implemented a "lunch circle" restorative practice after Minnesota's non-exclusionary disciplinary guidance and presented multi-year data on in-school and out-of-school suspensions and the number of lunch circles assigned.
Johnson said the district's first full year of lunch-circle use produced roughly…
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