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Alternatives Inc.

Peer juries reduce suspensions, increase attendance at Chicago public schools

Filed by Chloe Wiley on May 23, 2008 12:12 AM

School is a joke, and getting suspended is an easy, cool way to get free days off while impressing the ladies.

That is what Senn High School sophomore David Shamon thought before he faced a jury of his fellow students last year.

“I didn’t get what I was doing was wrong,” Shamon said. “Kids and adults don’t listen to each other a lot of times, but when people the same age with the same mind tell you what’s up—it clicks.”

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Location: Uptown

Tags: chicago public schools, CPS, 60660, Senn High School, Alternatives Inc., Dyett Academic Center, Clemente Community Academy High School, Northwestern University Law School, peer juries, peer jury,

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