ADVOCACY ALERT! Georgia Senate Bill 42 (SB 42) would remove student discipline from the school climate star rating indicator on our school’s report card. Gwinnett SToPP successfully advocated for the inclusion of student discipline in the indicator to make sure that a student’s entire school experience was considered when determining school climate. Georgia’s children are […]
Category Archives: Advocacy Alert
Join PLI! Application is Now Open
It has been quite a year for social justice advocacy, especially combating anti-Black racism. We have re-evaluated our strategies for supporting the community in this moment. Gwinnett SToPP has doubled-down on education and training – equipping parents, students, and community members with the knowledge and skills they need to navigate new and existing challenges to […]
Gwinnett SToPP Mobilizes to Remove SROs from Gwinnett County Public Schools
Partners, stakeholders and friends, it is time to pay attention and get involved. The change we have been working for is here and we have work to do to make sure we capture it. This evening Marlyn Tillman will speak before the Gwinnett County School Board to demand an end to school resource officers in […]
The Gwinnett Parent Coalition to Dismantle the School-to-Prison Pipeline Calls for the Removal of School Resource Officers from Gwinnett County Public Schools
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 18, 2020, Lawrenceville, Ga. – During this time in our nation’s history, the public has re-examined the role of police in our communities. We at Gwinnett SToPP have been calling for an end to overly harsh and ineffective discipline at Gwinnett County Public Schools (GCPS) since our founding in 2008. It […]
SROs Have Got To Go!
Our children have a very different school experience than most of us growing up. When we acted up, we were sent to the principal’s office—now they can be arrested. Police in schools have changed that dynamic to the point of trauma. Sure, maybe the concept of police in schools is well-intentioned. When children are gunned […]
What you can do to help, even from home
We need your input. The more voices we have weighing in on proposed changes to the code of conduct, the more power we have in advocacy to make them happen. Please take a moment to read over our proposed changes and offer feedback at this link. Make your voice heard! Deadline for additions and feedback […]
COVID-19 & Schooling at Home
Just as the spread of coronavirus (COVID-19) put many of us under stay at home orders, with schools shuttered, our children are sheltering in place as well. When GCPS turned to digital learning days for the remainder of the year, it focused a bright light on the digital divide that is a reality for too […]
School Code of Conduct Committee Update
School Code of Conduct Committee Update A committee of GCPS staff and community members formed in January 2020 to perform a comprehensive review of the Student Conduct Behavior Code, and the operational practices associated with implementing the policy. However, the committee was given a deadline of April 1 to address the policies and practices related […]
Action Alert!
A C T I O N A L E R T ! ! ! No one should be surprised that U.S. Department of Education wants to eliminate critical data from the 2019-2020 Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) that school systems are required to report such as: Pre-school suspension details (yes, pre-schoolers are suspended!) Number of […]