When charges are still pending, you should probably avoid bringing in someone to speak with at-risk kids.
It’s safe to say, you should probably wait until charges are no longer pending before bringing someone in to speak with at-risk kids. Hayward school superintendent Stan Dobbs brought in Ray McDonald back in February to speak with “at-risk” kids at Tennyson High School. There was plenty of uproar at the time, and now, Dobbs has been suspended with pay while the school board investigates the decision to bring in McDonald.
The program was arranged through Hayward Promise Neighborhood, and Dobbs has said he brought in McDonald not as a role model, but as someone who could convey how he screwed up his life.