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A Restorative Community Circle: A Neighborhood Takes Charge

Welden Lynn M., Nenad
June 4, 2015

Source: (2007) Restorative Practices E-Forum. 20 November 2007.

When ongoing vandalism by local
youth — graffiti, broken windows, littering
— affected Buxmont Academy Trevose
and the surrounding neighborhood of
families and shop owners, school coordinator
Ed Krajewski decided to apply a
restorative approach used at the school,
one of eight alternative schools operated
by the Community Service Foundation
and Buxmont Academy (CSF Buxmont)
in Pennsylvania, USA (demonstration
programs of the IIRP). (excerpt)

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