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 The St. Louis Innovative Concept Academy
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School Information
With cooperation from the St. Louis Public School District, Juvenile Court Judge Jimmie Edwards has
opened a new school to specifically address the needs of troubled students.
This concept school will be based at Blewett Middle, which was slated to be closed in June of 2009
as part of the district's reorganization plan.
 While the school district will provide teachers, transportation and building maintenance, the Juvenile Court will provide supervision, support services and will line up community partners. MERS Goodwill has agreed to help with building management and to offer a jobs program to the 120 students expected to be in the initial enrollment. For those students who have been expelled from regular schools or who have proven to be disruptive in the classroom, the concept academy offers a last chance for the kind of education every child needs and deserves to be successful in life. top Facts on Juvenile Justice in The City of St. Louis
I. Juveniles who commit crimes should be held accountable and communities must be safe guarded. II. Juveniles in the City of St. Louis usually do not commit many serious felonies. Instead, they commit misdemeanor and low-level felonies. III. Long-term secure confinement of juveniles is not good for the juvenile, the juvenile's family or the community. IV. Unless certified, all juveniles will return to our community within 2 to 4 years of adjudication/disposition. How do you want these children back - with a more sophisticated criminal mind or rehabilitated? V. The juvenile justice system must provide specialized care and rehabilitative programs. These programs must also include principles of accountability for behavior and victim impact. VI. Solution Alternatives and Confinement to Reduce Delinquent Behaviors: top 4 Tier Concept
   
top General Partners
St. Louis Public Schools
The district will
provide complete school services for approximately 125 children who would otherwise be out of school due
to suspension or safe schools act violations.
Family Court-Juvenile Division
The Juvenile Division seeks to provide numerous services for the students as well as other children in order
to surround the youth with protective factors and enhance their future opportunities. The court will provide
leadership in bringing collaborative participant agencies to the innovative concept school.
MERS Goodwill
Will provide leadership in managing the building as well as program leadership. It will also operate the Juvenile
Transition Jobs program from this location, which is a partnership of the Simon Foundation, the Missouri Davison of
Youth Services and MERS Goodwill.
top Community Partners
Current Projects
top In The News
City judge's defense of troubled families offends many caseworkers - St. Louis Post Dispatch
Judge Edwards Honored - Fox2 News
Innovative Concept Video Documentary - STL Magazine Huffington Post Article Post Dispatch - Family Court Judge is 'principal' of new alternative school Missouri Lawyers Media - Not here to judge Missouri Lawyers Weekly - Judge Jimmie Edwards Opens School For Troubled Teens Pelopidas - A Brave New Education for St. Louis Public Schools and Judge Jimmie Edwards Chess-Program-Offers-Opportunities-ICA Wall Street Journal - Chess, as a Survival Skill - slideshow Wall Street Journal - Chess, as a Survival Skill - article Urban Chess - Reveries.com Chess is Centerpiece of New St. Louis School - Riverfront Times Judge Edwards in Wall Street Journal - KMOX Churchill News Article top ICA Updates
Judge Jimmie Edwards and Dr. Lewis Chartock, President/CEO of MERS/MO Goodwilltop Contact Information
Michael McCrory, Principal (314)231-7738 extension 502 Joli Baker, Supervisor - Family Court (314)231-7738 extension 561 Esther Williams, Vice-President, MersGoodwill (314)231-7738 extension 535 Questions regarding job opportunities can be directed to the St. Louis Public Schools
Human Resources Office:
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