The unique way one metro Atlanta school district is working to curb the violence – WSB-TV Channel 2

FULTON COUNTY, Ga. — Channel 2 Motion Information has reported on dozens fights this college yr throughout metro Atlanta, and colleges have solely been in session for about two months.

However one college district is taking a novel strategy to fixing the issue.

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Channel 2′s Justin Carter was at Creekside Excessive College, the place again in March, a Ninth-grade woman was stabbed and injured within the cafeteria. She needed to get stiches at a close-by hospital.

Two months earlier, two college students had been stabbed at Banneker Excessive College, one other Fulton County college.

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The Fulton County College District has made adjustments, including extra of a police presence on campus. However Carter was additionally given an unique look inside Creekside’s new program educating battle decision programs.

Dejaesic Zellars spent three years as a scholar useful resource officer at Creekside earlier than he started educating battle decision programs, which he stated are altering the temperature on the college.

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The courses are designed to present college students hands-on classes in processing battle, addressing social media battle and cyber-bullying.

“You hate to see unlucky occasions that occur, particularly surrounding our juveniles,” Zellars stated. “Its been in my expertise, I’ve seen college students discuss on the cellular phone and on social media, then have an all-out brawl due to that.”

He stated his classes in controlling anger and tips on how to disengage have gotten efficient and that greater than 200 college students are at present enrolled.

“As I inform them within the class, conflicts are unavoidable, however its the way you cope with it that may decide if it’s a day in jail or a peaceable day at house,” Zellars stated.

Mother and father like Casta Gonzalez say it’s a step ahead.

“If the college is prepared to assist, then why not,” Gonzalez stated.

The courses are only a fraction of what Fulton County is doing to curb violence within the colleges.

Each Creekside and Banneker Excessive Colleges have two full-time Pupil Useful resource Officers on employees and have a number of safety groups positioned all through their buildings.

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