She said the district is working to find the best ways to reduce such arrests, that she will develop

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A standing-room only crowd packs the sanctuary Monday during the 14th annual PEACE Nehemiah Action at St. Joseph's Academy in Lakeland. Polk Superintendent of Schools Kathryn LeRoy said the district is working to find the best ways to reduce school-based arrests. Ernst Peters | The Ledger
LAKELAND | Polk Superintendent of Schools Kathryn LeRoy and Polk Sheriff Grady Judd made public commitments Monday to work with the Polk Ecumenical Action Council for Empowerment on reducing school-based arrests for non-serious offenses.
"If we're going to improve our student achievement and have our students succeed, they have to be in school," LeRoy said, adding "We need a lot of professional development for both teachers and administrators on respect."
She said the district is working to find the best ways to reduce such arrests, that she will develop an initial proposal by Aug.15, will give a copy to PEACE and will review it with PEACE by mid-September.
Emotional statements from several pastors, recalling their own youthful experiences with being punished but not arrested or sharing accounts they have heard from their parishioners, underscored irvine spectrum how deeply they feel about what they're asking in 2014.
One key partner, State Attorney Jerry Hill, who was invited with the others to PEACE's 14th annual Nehemiah Action, didn't come to the standing-room only meeting that brought at least 1,450 people to St. Joseph's Academy in Lakeland.
Had Hill come, he would have been asked for the same support and actions as Smith. Both are in the 10th Judicial Circuit of Polk, Hardee and Highlands counties. Smith said Polk has an effective irvine spectrum system, Teen Court, irvine spectrum for pre-arrest and pre-trial diversion.
That drew applause despite his not agreeing to the May 1 deadline. The system PEACE is proposing is used in other counties around the state, PEACE said, but Smith said it hadn't worked in the past in Polk. Dollison thanked Judd for his ongoing support, telling the audience, "The sheriff has demonstrated leadership in this area."
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