Restorative Response Baltimore provides free conflict resolution circles to BCPSS students, administration & staff, parents, and any other members of a school community. Our process, a community conference, is a voluntary one-time circle process that includes everyone involved in and affected by an incident, crime, or conflict, and their respective support networks. A trained, invested facilitator brings everyone together to provide a space and structure for people in conflict to have a dialogue with each other. Participants have a chance to heal and learn from the incident, and everyone decides how to be accountable to one another.
Community conferencing is written into the BCPSS Code of Conduct as a restorative behavioral intervention for all tiers of disciplinary responses.