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Orange County Juvenile Crime Prevention Council Meeting <br /> Friday , February 2 , 2018 ( 12 : 00noon — 2 : 00pm) <br /> Hillsborough Commons <br /> Hillsborough , NC <br /> Proposed Minutes <br /> Attendees : Meg McGurk, Bernard Miles , Nick Allen , Lee Barnes , Stephanie Jones , Carol <br /> McClelland , Aldan Salmeron , Kristi Lescinski , Penny Rich , Tina Sykes , Donna King, <br /> Peggy Hamlett , Amanda Farris , Karon Johnson , Theresa Collosso , Patricia Cardoso , Kate <br /> Giduz , Desmond Frierson, Georgia Gamcsik , Susan Worley , Amy Kirshner , Tami Pfeifer, Val <br /> Hanson, Gayane Chambless , Pam Weiden , Denise Briggs , Rebekah Rapoza ( * Members in <br /> Bold) <br /> Absent: N/A <br /> Excused: Sherita Cobb , Maren Hardin, Kysha Thompson, Sharron Hinton , Dana Graves , Jay <br /> Bryan <br /> Welcome <br /> The meeting opened with a welcome from Chair , Meg McGurk and introductions . <br /> Minutes Review and Approval <br /> The Council reviewed the minutes from December 2017 . Peggy Hamlett motioned for minutes to <br /> be approved with two corrections and was seconded by Donna King . Motion carried <br /> unanimously . <br /> Agency Roundtable <br /> Boomerang — So far this fiscal year Boomerang has served 81 referrals which is about on track <br /> with this time last year ( 88 served) . In December they served 19 kids , 15 from CHCCS and 4 <br /> from OCS , but year-to - date they numbers are about equal . The top two reasons for suspension <br /> this year has consistently been substance use and fighting . Number of court- involved kids has <br /> been low, with only 2 so far this year . They have started (or will be ) tutoring and college & <br /> career readiness workshops for the after- school program . <br /> A question about type of substances was asked . Tami didn ' t have the exact breakdown , but <br /> reported that marijuana and pills are most common , and e - cigs and juuls are starting to become <br /> more popular . <br /> Dispute Settlement Center — Currently have 5 youth in restorative justice program, including one <br /> new referral from MDP . Family Table will be starting on March 14 and will be held for 8 <br /> weeks . They have had trouble the last couple years getting enough referrals and getting people <br /> on board . DSC has trained almost 200 teachers in the past year in restorative practices that can <br /> be used in their classrooms (New Hope Elementary has every teacher trained) . They are hoping <br /> to have the rest of the teachers trained within the next one to two years . CHCCS system uses a <br /> different program/resource for training their teachers and staff. <br /> Data shows that OCS is doing better than CHCCS with regards to short-term suspensions and the <br /> question was asked as to whether this has anything to do with the restorative practices that DSC <br /> is teaching at OCS v CHCCS and they training they receive from another provider . Val will <br />