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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,Aidan 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 />