School Leaders Doing the Work the Right Way: Building Walls between Schools and the Justice System. Brownsville Area School District, Brownsville, Pennsylvania

Located in southwestern Pennsylvania near the borders of Maryland and West Virginia, the district has 1,483 students, with 21% minority enrollment. The district and its students have experienced many of the problems related to the opioid epidemic, including many students being raised by grandparents due to parental drug use. The district has three schools--elementary, middle and high school--as well as a cyber school that offers virtual learning for students K-12. This profile highlights the school district's restorative policies and practices including: (1) Catalyst for Change; (2) Police Department; (3) Police involved Youth; (4) COVID; (5) Sustainability; and (6) Disproportionality. [This profile was prepared with Brownsville Area School District. For the summary report, see ED628985.]