Restorative justice offers hope at schools

When it comes to today’s students with what are euphemistically called discipline problems, many older folks like nothing better than trotting out their answer for the young delinquents: “Lock ‘em up!”
Suspensions and expulsions have certainly been part of the punitive answer for school administrators dealing with seriously wayward youth since grandpa was a pup. By taking the seemingly simple step of removing the perpetrator from classrooms and the entire campus, the theo