Prior to my work at the ACLU of MAINE, I served as an administrator
and sometimes disciplinarian at a public school on the south side of
Indianapolis, where I acquired some funny stories such as the day the
kindergarteners invented a game involving overturned chairs as vehicles, and
some not so funny stories of the challenges of meeting the needs of
impoverished, mentally ill students of color. Having worked directly with this
population, often as the first response in moments of crisis, I know that this in no
way meets the needs of mentally ill students. Funneling mentally ill students
or students of color into the juvenile justice system is a deplorable injustice
to one of our most vulnerable populations. Read about the ACLU’s ongoing work
on the school-to-prison
pipeline across the country.
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