A recent study conducted by the American Psychological Association (APA) on school violence observed an emerging trend of in-school violence committed by students on school faculty and staff (McMahon et al., 2022). As a result, educators have increasingly factored student-related violence on adult stakeholders in their decisions regarding teacher turnover in various schools throughout the United States (Acosta, 2023; Walker, 2022). Although the recent phenomenon on school safety tends to focus on mass-shootings, this paper will examine how effective restorative justice has been as a deterrent to daily student-led violence during school hours (Dukes, 2023; Walker, 2022). Additionally, this paper will cite the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) and Denver Public Schools (DPS) as a model to examine the success or challenges of restorative justice in k-12 public education.