“The New Orleans Experience” School – Justice Partnership and Paving Alternative Strategies for Success (P.A.S.S) Ranord J. Darensburg, JD M.S.W. Judicial Administrator, Orleans Parish Juvenile Court New Orleans, La

Candice Bates Anderson, Chief Judge Orleans Parish Juvenile Court Task Force Leader Ranord J. Darensburg JD, M.S.W. Task Force Facilitator Judicial Administrator

ORLEANS PARISH JUVENILE COURT JUDGES “It takes a village” JUDGES ORLEANS PARISH JUVENILE COURT JUDGES Candice Bates Anderson, Chief Judge Ernestine Gray, Senior Judge Mark Doherty Tammy Stewart Desiree Cook-Calvin Johnson

Panelist: Salma S. Safiedine, Mwanaisha Sims, Tom Wine, and Stan German Co-Chairs, American Bar Association Race and Diversity Committee Washington D.C.

TRAINING GOAL TO MAKE POLICE/SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICERS AND SCHOOL SOCIAL WORKERS/ OFFICIALS MORE AWARE OF THEIR AUTOMATIC-NONCONSCIOUS STEREOTYPES.

ULTIMATE GOAL IMPROVE SCHOOL CLIMATE OVERCOME BIAS THROUGH CHANGES IN POLICY AND PRACTICE POLICE EFFICACY WHEN DEALING WITH YOUTH

DID PRESENTERS EXHIBIT A GOOD UNDERSTANDING OF TOPIC? Answer Choices Responses Yes 100% 19 Needs Work 0.00% 0 No 0.00% 0 Total 19

WERE PRESENTERS WELL-PREPARED? Answer Choices Responses Yes 100% 19 Needs Work 0.00% 0 No 0.00% 0 Total 19

DID PRESENTERS SPEAK CLEARLY/EFFECTIVELY? Answer Choices Responses Yes 94.74% 18 Needs Work 5.26% 1 No 0.00% 0 Total 19

DID PRESENTERS USE PRESENTATION TIME EFFECTIVELY? Answer Choices Responses Yes 77.78% 14 Needs Work 16..67% 3 No 5.56% 1 Total 19

DID PRESENTERS’ SLIDES ENHANCE PRESENTATIONS? Answer Choices Responses Yes 57.89% 11 Needs Work 31.58% 6 No 0.00% 2 Total 19

DID PRESENTERS RESPOND EFECTIVELY TO AUDIENCE QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS? Answer Choices Responses Yes 84.21% 16 Needs Work 15.79% 3 No 0.00% 0 Total 19

DID PRESENTERS ENGAGE THE AUDIENCE? Answer Choices Responses Yes 94.74% 18 Needs Work 5.26% 1 No 0.00% 0 Total 19

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME A MEMBER OF NEW ORLEANS SCHOOL-JUSTICE PARTNERSHIP? Answer Choices Responses Yes 15.79% 18 Needs Work 5.26% 1 No 78.95% 15 Total 19

IMPACT STATEMENT LESSONS LEARNED New Orleans School-Justice Partnership realizes that if biases against certain of our kids by police, juvenile justice systems, or prejudice attitudes toward school cultures are not confronted – awareness of implicit bias will do little to prevent racial bias in policing – especially in school settings.

WHEN DID MAKING ADULTS BECOME A CRIME? Paving Alternative Strategies for Success (P.A.S.S) School Based Intervention

P.A.S.S. GOALS The goal of P.A.S.S. is to reduce the number of youth being arrested while attending school by addressing offenses that occur in schools without the youth being introduced to the juvenile/criminal justice system. The goal is to also assist students and their families with identifying resources to prevent youth from entering into the juvenile justice system.

P.A.S.S. Overall Expectations Reduce the number of school-based arrests, suspensions, and expulsions Increase community safety through restorative justice approaches Decrease number of youth referred to juvenile court for school-based offenses

“Justice is what love looks like in public” Cornell West Thank You! OPJC WEBSITE https://nola.gov/juvenile-court/ Ranord J. Darensburg, Judicial Administrator Orleans Parish Juvenile Court 1100-B Milton Street New Orleans, Louisiana 70122 (504) 658-9547 rjdarensburg@nola.gov