For the 2025-26 school year, students will be subject to an updated Restorative Discipline policy. Check out the details of the updated policy here.
Restorative practices are research-based, proactive, and responsive tools that build strong school communities through relationships, responsibility, and mutual respect, resulting in environments where harmful behavior is less likely to occur.
Originally implemented in 2020, the updates to the policy give school administrators a wide spectrum of tools to address problematic behavior before punitive measures are necessary, which include proactive interventions and placements in smaller learning environments or specialized programs that can better support a student's individualized needs
The policy updates reflect feedback from students, educators, administrators, and families. This was done to ensure San Diego Unified’s restorative approach truly serves and protects every student.
Review the updates here, and speak with your student about them before the new school year.