Some educators in NYC schools are seeing an uptick in students using marijuana, and it’s starting at a younger age. Some kids say use is linked to mental health issues.
Dozens of advocacy groups are raising the alarm that restorative justice funding is “at risk” including a planned expansion of restorative justice programs to all middle and high schools.
Councilmembers also called on the administration to update the Fair Student Funding formula, which was created in 2007 as serves as the primary source of funding for individual schools’ budgets.