October 12th Forum: The Criminalization of Youth In Education

On October 12, 2005, the Chicago Board of Education will be holding a public forum on the criminalization of youth in education.   The forum will run from 9:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. at the Illinois Institute of Technology, located at 3421 South Federal Street in Chicago.

The goal of the public forum is to "come up with some alternatives to suspension, expulsion and arrest when it comes to dealing with student discipline problems."

The forum will consist of two concurrent break-out sessions.   One session will discuss restorative justice, the Chicago Uniform Discipline Code, and the role of police and the juvenile justice system in the criminalization of youth.   The other session will cover the role of Chicago Public Schools' teachers and administrators, parents, community activists and organizations as responders to the student discipline problem.

All those wishing to RSVP to the forum should contact Call Carole Wood at (773) 553-1600.