Jackson, Mississippi, Native Working to Change Culture of Suspension in Its Public Schools [jjie.org]

Alicia Doktor 11/28/1712:00 PM

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI — Juan Cloy remembers being suspended when he was at Provine High School in the 1980s. He and several friends got in a fight with some kids from the neighborhood at school. Everyone involved got suspended.

Of course, the idea of suspension is for kids to stay home, but none of the boys did. He and his friends went outside and walked around the corner to find the boys they got into a fight with in a car.

“One of the kids pulled a gun out on us,” he said. “… [T]here was no resolution. We never resolved that — ever. To this day it hasn’t been resolved, and this was in high school.”

[For more on this story by Arielle Dreher, go to http://jjie.org/2017/11/27/jac...-its-public-schools/]

Photo: Juan Cloy of the Jackson Police Department speaks at a Neighborhood Watch gathering.

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