| In our schools many of us observe kids who are
hurting one another, hurting themselves, and assaulting school employees.
We note that many kids are making poor choices and generally dropping
off the pathways to success. Many kids who could be helped with early
identification and intervention programs, are moved instead into our criminal
justice system which all too often punishes and imprisons our kids –
and in this process create life long losers.
In the past you’ve heard Jim Kern express his beliefs that people
– especially kids – are priceless and precious, that differences
can be treated as gifts not liabilities, that life involves change which
brings stress to many and that our feelings are important. Jim has now
prepared a program which identifies kids who would violate the safety
of others, those who would hurt themselves in many ways including drug
abuse, and those who will become at risk of becoming school drop-outs
thus abandoning the success paths we wish for ALL of our people.
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