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2024: <\/strong>The Chicago Board of Education unanimously votes to expand the Whole School Safety resolution to all schools in the district, following four years of POWER-PAC IL\u2019s work on the Whole School Safety Steering Committee and decades of organizing around alternative approaches to student supports and dismantling the school-to-prison pipeline. This decision effectively ends the School Resource Officer (SRO) program in Chicago Public Schools (CPS) and creates a district-wide policy on safety.<\/p>\n2021-2022:<\/strong> COFI\/POWER-PAC IL is one of five community organizations selected to partner with CPS to create a more holistic approach to school safety. 82% of Chicago\u2019s police in schools are eliminated and $3.8 million in the CPS budget is reinvested toward alternative supports like Restorative Justice coordinators and social-emotional learning programs.<\/p>\n2020:<\/strong> POWER-PAC IL parents win a victory when CPS and Chicago Police Department (CPD) finalize an agreement laying out new rules for police in Chicago Schools.<\/p>\n2015:<\/strong> POWER-PAC IL wins Senate Bill 100, legislation that marks an important step towards breaking the school-to-prison pipeline in Illinois. The bill eliminates fines and fees for student misconduct, allows students to make up work during a suspension, and provides academic counseling and mental health support services for students suspended 4+ days.<\/p>\n2012-2014:<\/strong> POWER-PAC IL is appointed to the Council of State Government Justice Center\u2019s Discipline Consensus project, informing federal guidelines on school discipline released in 2014 by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to reduce racial disparities in school discipline and encourage the use of positive discipline approaches.<\/p>\n2006:<\/strong> The first POWER-PAC IL led changes are made to the CPS Code of Conduct and the first parent-led Peace Center is opened in a public elementary school. In subsequent years, many further Code of Conduct changes are made, including replacing \u201czero tolerance\u201d with \u201crestorative justice,\u201d reducing suspensions and expulsions, and banning group punishment practices.<\/p>\n2004-2005:<\/strong> Parent leaders first present their recommendations to the Chicago Public School (CPS) Board of Education in 2004, resulting in CPS committing to support parents and fund parent-led research.<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_color=”#e7f8fe” locked=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_row column_structure=”1_2,1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”6px|||||” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_image src=”https:\/\/cofionline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Foto-10-20-21-7-45-57-p.m.-1200×800.jpg” alt=”Three women work together during a community gathering” title_text=”Foto-10-20-21-7-45-57-p.m.” _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_image][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_2″ _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.0″ _module_preset=”default” text_font_size=”15px” text_line_height=”1.8em” link_font=”|600|||on||||” link_text_color=”#094361″ ul_line_height=”1.8em” header_2_font=”|600|||||||” header_2_font_size=”28px” header_2_letter_spacing=”1px” header_2_line_height=”1.5em” header_3_font=”|600|||||||” header_3_line_height=”1.8em” header_4_font=”|600|||||||” header_4_line_height=”1.5em” background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” width=”90%” module_alignment=”left” custom_margin=”||||false|false” custom_padding=”||||false|false” border_color_left=”#156489″ global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n
Recommendations<\/h2>\n\n- End out-of-school suspensions, except in the case of serious threats to student safety.<\/li>\n
- Reinstate recess and breaks, including more physical education in school day.<\/li>\n
- Implement violence prevention programs and programs based on the philosophy of restorative justice.<\/li>\n
- Provide training on discipline policies to parents, school staff, and administrators and provide information on school discipline policies in a more parent- friendly format.<\/li>\n
- Analyze and address racial disparities in school discipline by requiring school-by-school data release and involving parents in oversight and accountability in creating and reviewing discipline policies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Publications and recent news<\/h2>\n\n- \u201cChicago Public School Board hears proposal for safety plan without school resource officers\u201d<\/a> – ABC 7 Chicago (May 2024)<\/li>\n
- \u201cBoard of Education moves to pull school police officers\u201d<\/a> – Chicago Sun-Times (February 2024)<\/li>\n
- \u201cChicago schools started removing police two years ago. What\u2019s happened since?\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Chalkbeat (August 2022)<\/li>\n
- \u201c\u2018Dads on Duty\u2019 Prove Parent-Led Initiatives are Effective Alternatives to Police in Schools\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Parents (November 2021)<\/li>\n
- \u201cDo Police Officers in CPS High Schools Make Students Safer?\u201d<\/a> \u2013 WTTW (September 2021)<\/li>\n
- \u201cRace in Chicago: Wide Educational Divide Continues in the City\u201d<\/a> \u2013 NBC5 Chicago (July 2021)<\/li>\n
- \u201cPull Chicago police from CPS schools and use that $33 million on mental health services instead, activists and elected leaders say\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Chicago Tribune (June 2020)<\/li>\n
- COFI\u2019s Guide to Parent Engagement in SB100<\/a> (2016)<\/li>\n
- The School Discipline Consensus Report<\/a> \u2013 COFI Peace Center Feature (2014)<\/li>\n
- POWER-PAC Report: Parent-to-Parent Guide to Restorative Justice<\/a> (en Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>) (2010)<\/li>\n
- Stopping the Downward Spiral for Our Children \u2013 Redirecting the School-to-Prison Pipeline<\/a> (2006)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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Black and Brown kids \u2026 have such a negative thought towards police. If you want to have a different outlook on the police department, a different outlook on students \u2013 CPS (Chicago Public Schools) and CPD (Chicago Police Department) have to learn how to build relationships in communities.\u201d<\/h3>\n
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Dexter Leggin<\/strong><\/p>\nFormer POWER-PAC IL Elementary Justice Campaign<\/em> Co-Chair<\/p>\n[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Elementary Justice Campaign Stopping the school-to-prison pipeline POWER-PAC IL parents launched the first citywide campaign in 2004 out of their own experiences with their children in Chicago\u2019s low-income African American and Latino neighborhoods. Children were suspended in schools at an alarming rate; they attended schools where prison-like atmospheres prevailed (at the time, 82% of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2112,"parent":308,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\r\n
POWER-PAC parents launched the first citywide campaign in 2004 out of their own experiences with their children in Chicago\u2019s low-income African American and Latino neighborhoods. Children were suspended in schools at an alarming rate; they attended schools where prison-like atmospheres prevailed (at the time, 82% of the students didn\u2019t have recess, and many were not even allowed to talk during lunch). Parents were told their children starting kindergarten were already trailing their white and middle-class counterparts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
\r\nThe goal of the Elementary Justice Campaign<\/em> is to break the cycle of criminalization of low-income youth of color by eliminating unnecessarily punitive discipline policies and practices in schools.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nIn place of these overly harsh \u201czero tolerance\u201d measures, parent leaders advocate for instituting Restorative Justice practices and increasing social-emotional learning resources.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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\r\nMajor highlights and victories<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
2021-2022:<\/strong> COFI\/POWER-PAC IL is one of five community organizations selected to partner with CPS to create a more holistic approach to school safety. 82% of Chicago\u2019s police in schools are eliminated and $3.8 million in the CPS budget is reinvested toward alternative supports like Restorative Justice coordinators and social-emotional learning programs.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2020:<\/strong> POWER-PAC IL parents win a victory when CPS and Chicago Police Department (CPD) finalize an agreement laying out new rules for police in Chicago Schools. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2015:<\/strong> POWER-PAC wins Senate Bill 100, legislation that marks an important step towards breaking the school-to-prison pipeline in Illinois. The bill eliminates fines and fees for student misconduct, allows students to make up work during a suspension, and provides academic counseling and mental health support services for students suspended 4+ days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2012-2014:<\/strong> POWER-PAC is appointed to the Council of State Government Justice Center\u2019s Discipline Consensus project, informing federal guidelines on school discipline released in 2014 by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to reduce racial disparities in school discipline and encourage the use of positive discipline approaches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2006:<\/strong> The first POWER-PAC led changes are made to the CPS Code of Conduct and the\u00a0 first parent-led Peace Center is opened in a public elementary school. In subsequent years, many further Code of Conduct changes are made, including replacing \u201czero tolerance\u201d with \u201crestorative justice,\u201d reducing suspensions and expulsions, and banning group punishment practices.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n2004-2005:<\/strong> Parent leaders first present their recommendations to the Chicago Public School (CPS) Board of Education in 2004, resulting in CPS committing to support parents and fund parent-led research.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<\/span>\r\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/cofionline.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Foto-10-20-21-7-45-57-p.m.-1200x800.jpg\")
<\/figure>\r\nRecommendations<\/h3>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n- End out-of-school suspensions, except in the case of serious threats to student safety.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- Reinstate recess and breaks, including more physical education in school day.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- Implement violence prevention programs and programs based on the philosophy of restorative justice.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- Provide training on discipline policies to parents, school staff, and administrators and provide information on school discipline policies in a more parent- friendly format.<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- Analyze and address racial disparities in school discipline by requiring school-by-school data release and involving parents in oversight and accountability in creating and reviewing discipline policies.<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Publications and recent news<\/h4>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n- \u201cChicago schools started removing police two years ago. What\u2019s happened since?\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Chalkbeat (August 2022)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- \"'Dads on Duty' Prove Parent-Led Initiatives are Effective Alternatives to Police in Schools\"<\/a> \u2013 Parents (November 2021)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- \u201cDo Police Officers in CPS High Schools Make Students Safer?\u201d<\/a> \u2013 WTTW (September 2021)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- \u201cRace in Chicago: Wide Educational Divide Continues in the City\u201d<\/a> \u2013 NBC5 Chicago (July 2021)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- \u201cPull Chicago police from CPS schools and use that $33 million on mental health services instead, activists and elected leaders say\u201d<\/a> \u2013 Chicago Tribune (June 2020)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- COFI's Guide to Parent Engagement in SB100<\/a> (2016)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- The School Discipline Consensus Report<\/a> \u2013 COFI Peace Center Feature (2014)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- POWER-PAC Report: Parent-to-Parent Guide to Restorative Justice<\/a> (en Espa\u00f1ol<\/a>) (2010)<\/li>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
- Stopping the Downward Spiral for Our Children - Redirecting the School-to-Prison Pipeline<\/a> (2006)<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
Black and Brown kids \u2026 have such a negative thought towards police. If you want to have a different outlook on the police department, a different outlook on students \u2013 CPS (Chicago Public Schools) and CPD (Chicago Police Department) have to learn how to build relationships in communities.<\/p><\/div>
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<\/div><\/div>Dexter Leggin<\/h2>POWER-PAC IL Elementary Justice Campaign Co-Chair<\/small><\/div><\/div>\r\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2091","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nElementary Justice Campaign | COFI<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"POWER-PAC parents launched the Elementary Justice campaign in 2004 out of their own experiences with their children in Chicago.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cofionline.org\/es\/the-work\/power-pac-il\/elementary-justice-campaign\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"es_MX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Elementary Justice Campaign\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The goal of the Elementary Justice Campaign is to 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2021-2022:<\/strong> COFI\/POWER-PAC IL is one of five community organizations selected to partner with CPS to create a more holistic approach to school safety. 82% of Chicago\u2019s police in schools are eliminated and $3.8 million in the CPS budget is reinvested toward alternative supports like Restorative Justice coordinators and social-emotional learning programs.<\/p>\n 2020:<\/strong> POWER-PAC IL parents win a victory when CPS and Chicago Police Department (CPD) finalize an agreement laying out new rules for police in Chicago Schools.<\/p>\n 2015:<\/strong> POWER-PAC IL wins Senate Bill 100, legislation that marks an important step towards breaking the school-to-prison pipeline in Illinois. The bill eliminates fines and fees for student misconduct, allows students to make up work during a suspension, and provides academic counseling and mental health support services for students suspended 4+ days.<\/p>\n 2012-2014:<\/strong> POWER-PAC IL is appointed to the Council of State Government Justice Center\u2019s Discipline Consensus project, informing federal guidelines on school discipline released in 2014 by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to reduce racial disparities in school discipline and encourage the use of positive discipline approaches.<\/p>\n 2006:<\/strong> The first POWER-PAC IL led changes are made to the CPS Code of Conduct and the first parent-led Peace Center is opened in a public elementary school. 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Children were suspended in schools at an alarming rate; they attended schools where prison-like atmospheres prevailed (at the time, 82% of the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":2112,"parent":308,"menu_order":1,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"\r\n POWER-PAC parents launched the first citywide campaign in 2004 out of their own experiences with their children in Chicago\u2019s low-income African American and Latino neighborhoods. Children were suspended in schools at an alarming rate; they attended schools where prison-like atmospheres prevailed (at the time, 82% of the students didn\u2019t have recess, and many were not even allowed to talk during lunch). Parents were told their children starting kindergarten were already trailing their white and middle-class counterparts.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n The goal of the Elementary Justice Campaign<\/em> is to break the cycle of criminalization of low-income youth of color by eliminating unnecessarily punitive discipline policies and practices in schools.<\/p>\r\n<\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n In place of these overly harsh \u201czero tolerance\u201d measures, parent leaders advocate for instituting Restorative Justice practices and increasing social-emotional learning resources.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Major highlights and victories<\/p>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n 2021-2022:<\/strong> COFI\/POWER-PAC IL is one of five community organizations selected to partner with CPS to create a more holistic approach to school safety. 82% of Chicago\u2019s police in schools are eliminated and $3.8 million in the CPS budget is reinvested toward alternative supports like Restorative Justice coordinators and social-emotional learning programs.\u00a0<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n 2020:<\/strong> POWER-PAC IL parents win a victory when CPS and Chicago Police Department (CPD) finalize an agreement laying out new rules for police in Chicago Schools. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n 2015:<\/strong> POWER-PAC wins Senate Bill 100, legislation that marks an important step towards breaking the school-to-prison pipeline in Illinois. The bill eliminates fines and fees for student misconduct, allows students to make up work during a suspension, and provides academic counseling and mental health support services for students suspended 4+ days.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n 2012-2014:<\/strong> POWER-PAC is appointed to the Council of State Government Justice Center\u2019s Discipline Consensus project, informing federal guidelines on school discipline released in 2014 by the U.S. Departments of Education and Justice to reduce racial disparities in school discipline and encourage the use of positive discipline approaches.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n 2006:<\/strong> The first POWER-PAC led changes are made to the CPS Code of Conduct and the\u00a0 first parent-led Peace Center is opened in a public elementary school. In subsequent years, many further Code of Conduct changes are made, including replacing \u201czero tolerance\u201d with \u201crestorative justice,\u201d reducing suspensions and expulsions, and banning group punishment practices.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n 2004-2005:<\/strong> Parent leaders first present their recommendations to the Chicago Public School (CPS) Board of Education in 2004, resulting in CPS committing to support parents and fund parent-led research.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n Black and Brown kids \u2026 have such a negative thought towards police. If you want to have a different outlook on the police department, a different outlook on students \u2013 CPS (Chicago Public Schools) and CPD (Chicago Police Department) have to learn how to build relationships in communities.<\/p><\/div>Recommendations<\/h2>\n
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Black and Brown kids \u2026 have such a negative thought towards police. If you want to have a different outlook on the police department, a different outlook on students \u2013 CPS (Chicago Public Schools) and CPD (Chicago Police Department) have to learn how to build relationships in communities.\u201d<\/h3>\n
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<\/div><\/div>Dexter Leggin<\/h2>POWER-PAC IL Elementary Justice Campaign Co-Chair<\/small><\/div><\/div>\r\n","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2091","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n