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Board reviews restorative community service option funded by $7,000 EARS grant
Summary
District staff proposed adding "restorative community service" to discipline policies as a voluntary alternative to short suspensions, funded by a $7,000 EARS grant and supervised by social workers who would receive a $35 hourly stipend.
Administration presented proposed edits to policies JKD and JKE to add restorative community service as a disciplinary intervention for certain nonviolent code-of-conduct violations. The presenter described the option as voluntary, parent-approvable and proportionate — examples cited included trash pickup, desk sanitation and bus clean-up rather than cleaning restrooms.
The presenter said funding comes from the EARS (Expelled Network Risk Student Support Services) grant and that "I've got $7,000 to pay for it," with plans to hire two social workers to supervise crews and pay supervisors a $35-per-hour stipend. The program would schedule crews biweekly and run separate crews by grade band (elementary crews separate from middle/high school crews). Board members asked about minimum group size, on-site supervision and possible community worksites including the division of wildlife reservoir and district bus barns.
