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This school year, there have been 102 reported incidents at Anacostia, including fights, threats, robberies and thefts. Johnson has had 54 incidents.
City police and private security officers who patrol the schools will now be aided by the advisers from the East Capitol Center for Change and Peaceoholics.
"What had been happening prior to this," said Curtis Watkins, executive director of the East Capitol Center, "is they've hired psychologists to analyze these kids, and the kids play along for a while and then go back to what they were doing."
But his organization attempts to find the root causes of problems; sometimes, it picks children up and takes them home, helps them find jobs and puts them in contact with social service agencies.
"We're not teachers, but our children will never deal with the academics if we don't deal with their social problems," said Jauhar Abraham, co-founder of Peaceoholics.
The groups will work through the Center for Neighborhood Enterprise, which has instituted its violence-free zone initiative in 21 schools across the country, including in Atlanta, Baltimore and Prince George's County.
Staff writer Theola Labbé contributed to this report.
