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WATCH LIVE MONDAY: Chief Justice Beasley and Governor Cooper to Announce Official Statewide Release of School Justice Partnership Toolkit

Watch live on Facebook Monday at 11:30 a.m. as they announce the official release of the School Justice Partnership (SJP) Toolkit.

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Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Governor Roy Cooper, and public officials from across the state representing schools, law enforcement, courts and juvenile justice will join together in Guilford County to announce the official release of the School Justice Partnership (SJP) Toolkit. The SJP Toolkit is a collaborative resource for stakeholder meetings. 

The School Justice Partnership is a group of community stakeholders who work together to establish specific guidelines for school discipline in a way that minimizes suspensions, expulsions and school-based referrals to court for minor misconduct. The main goal of the SJP is to keep kids in school and out of court for routine misconduct at school. SJPs are being developed throughout North Carolina as a result of the state’s recently enacted Raise the Age law.

WHEN 
August 12 at 11:30 a.m. This event can be viewed via Facebook Live. Media should be setup by 11:20 a.m. Interviews will be provided after the press conference.

WHERE 
Eastern Guilford High School, 415 Peeden Drive, Gibsonville, NC 27249

WHO 

Speakers

  • Chief Justice Cheri Beasley, Supreme Court of North Carolina 
  • Governor Roy Cooper
  • Judge Elizabeth Trosch, district court, Mecklenburg County
  • Dr. Sharon L. Contreras, superintendent, Guilford County Schools
  • Brunswick County Sheriff John W. Ingram V, president, North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association

Attendees

North Carolina Judicial Branch

  • Interim Director McKinley Wooten, Administrative Office of the Courts 

North Carolina Executive Branch

  • Erik Hooks, secretary, Department of Public Safety
  • Pamela Cashwell, chief deputy secretary, Department of Public Safety
  • William Lassiter, deputy secretary for Juvenile Justice, North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Juvenile Justice Section
  • Chuck Mallonee, western area administrator, North Carolina Department of Public Safety - Juvenile Justice Section
  • Colonel Glenn McNeill, commander, State Highway Patrol

Guilford County

  • Avery Crump, Guilford County district attorney
  • Sheriff Danny Rogers, Guilford County Sheriff’s Department
  • Chief Wayne Scott, Greensboro Police Department
  • Chief Ken Shultz, High Point Police Department
  • Principal Lance E. Sockwell, Eastern Guilford High School
  • Representative Pricy Harrison
  • Representative Ashton Clemmons
  • Senator Gladys Robinson

Mecklenburg County

  • Lieutenant Celestine Ratliff, executive officer, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys

  • Garry Frank, district attorney, Davidson and Davie counties
  • Jim O’Neill, district attorney, Forsyth County
  • Rachel Larsen, juvenile court resource prosecutor, North Carolina Conference of District Attorneys

North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association

  • Richmond County Sheriff James E. Clemmons Jr., chair of the executive committee, North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association
  • Lauren Earnhardt, deputy executive vice president, North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association
  • Edmond W. (Eddie) Caldwell Jr., executive vice president and general counsel, North Carolina Sheriffs’ Association

North Carolina Association of Chiefs of Police

  • Chief Jeff Smythe, Burlington Police Department
  • Chief Ron Parrish, Gibsonville Police Department

North Carolina Department of Public Instruction Center for Safer Schools

  • Robert “Bo” Trumbo, executive director
  • Mike Anderson, community development and training manager