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The presentation said middle school incidents rose about 43% (roughly 300 students), misuse of technology incidents rose 56% (about 381 additional incidents), and recorded hate-speech incidents increased from 46 to 108. The district reported about 22,300 K–12 students in the roll and 3,204 students had one or more recorded incidents in the year (roughly 14% of students). Staff also said 50.2% of students with incidents had only one incident and roughly 70% had two or fewer.

Wellington described a shift in how schools respond to misconduct. “Discipline is a product of rules and policies and expectations of adults,” he said, adding that “data is a product of the systems that we create as educators.” He and other staff said administrators are using administrative conferences (restorative conversations with a principal or assistant principal) more often: administrative conferences rose 81% across grades and rose sharply in middle school. The district reported that many incidents that previously would have resulted in detention, Saturday school or suspension are now being handled with restorative conferences.

Board members and parents asked for detail on where changes came from. Deputy Superintendent Bergey said the district revised the discipline rulebook, removed two nebulous categories (disruptive conduct and failure to follow procedure) and replaced them with clearer language to ensure corrective attempts are documented before higher-level consequences are applied. Bergey said attorneys trained administrators on discipline law and special-education rules and that Director Farrell’s student services team led training on harassment, intimidation and bullying (reporting and investigation protocols).

Staff emphasized the district’s expanded restorative-practices training. Wellington credited broad professional development and school-level leadership for the change in practice: principals and assistant principals now front-load restorative interventions early in the school year, he said, and many administrators are spending weekly time on structured administrative-conference materials.

The district presented disaggregated data showing year-over-year changes by demographic group. Staff reported declines in the percent of students suspended in several groups: Black/African American suspensions dropped from 5.5% to 4.3%, Hispanic/Latinx from 4.1% to 3.2%, and students identifying as two or more races from 2.3% to 1.5%. Special-education students’ incidents per student rose (from 0.88 to 1.03 incidents per student), but suspensions, detentions and Saturday-school assignments for special-education students decreased; special-education students were more likely to end a disciplinary process with an administrative conference (12% → 20%). Wellington said the pattern suggests restorative practices are reaching multiple demographic groups, but board members and parents asked that staff continue to investigate remaining disproportionalities.

Board members asked clarifying questions about how counts are presented. Wellington explained that some slides omit cells with 10 or fewer students to protect privacy and that one table shows number of students while another shows incidents (a single student can have multiple incidents). A board member asked whether expulsions are counted; Wellington said expulsions are so rare they were not reported on the slide. A board member also asked how many suspensions stemmed from manifestation determinations under state special-education law; staff confirmed relevant cases are governed by state law and said they would follow up with more detail.

Parents and a board member praised the focus on restorative approaches and called out the Family Engagement Center and Dr. Eva Thomas’s team for outreach and education that they said has increased reporting and helped staff identify and classify incidents such as hate speech.

District staff said the materials shown at the meeting extend the Goal 3 monitoring report the board began at a prior meeting and that a formal monitoring report will be on the board agenda March 24. The presentation included requests from the board for continued year-to-year consistency in measures, more disaggregation where useful, and clarification of counts and definitions.

The report listed multiple technical and adaptive steps the district has taken: rulebook revisions, legal training on discipline and special education, harassment/ bullying investigation training, and systemwide restorative-practice professional development. Staff said those combined technical and adaptive efforts appear to be reducing suspensions while increasing restorative administrative conferences.

Board discussion closed with members asking staff to continue analyzing disproportionality and to return with further clarifications in upcoming monitoring materials.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Northshore School District School Board Study Session March 10, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","Dr. Wellington told the Northshore School District board that recorded disciplinary incidents rose 15% in 2023–24 while suspensions fell, and staff credited increased use of restorative administrative conferences and training for the change.","taxTitle","Northshore School District, School Districts, Washington","taxId",13036,"location","Washington","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":46,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6282225,"Board advances planning for 2026 bond and levies; staff presents scenarios and enrollment update",2759,5461000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2597720-c3e8ee9ef31d4f2c640cd02183d39032&start=2702&end=5461","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2597720-c3e8ee9ef31d4f2c640cd02183d39032/thumbnail_2702000.jpg","/articles/6282225/Washington/Board-advances-planning-for-2026-bond-and-levies-staff-presents-scenarios-and-enrollment-update","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6282225-e9df1bc1f21318baba7cdf79e69c91e2/orig.mp4?Expires=1771200405&Signature=LTpK8H9EFIv9rznEsH92I9rPu7nUnZSyc0JMyA9GGf0Et4i3lDI6y3PlEeDdbhdKrIuSehcUBfnouCjx1cayGGCqbVQSA8l7crm8fyKdHMHU3b4Z4lwEUSp1H8NWsD-0fJMqQXZtS~6gYszl54gtVDbMH6g9JkG4qrHWa4epfrdHVVqGNv4-bBypt~2cWtJT6wrzH-nhyQUJXy3ul9qZbXmdiFMk-zuTPUOpISvpGplIcsDRWlFAAE~YuGEhPTn6Lq9q7YHdDYWCe1yNga7HvnMqy7HHQwY3BUXKTfEBzWOIv2gS0PeWDsxt2P3xO9Q6jHf408rC1r36M3xmzFrXCw__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","Deputy Superintendent Bergey told the Northshore School District board the district and its financial advisers (ESD 112) modeled multiple bond scenarios for a potential 2026 ballot measure, enrollment projections and a staffing update.

Bergey said the district will sell the final $75,000,000 tranche of voter-authorized bonds from the 2022 authorization this spring. Staff modeled four 2026 authorization scenarios ranging from $375,000,000 to $700,000,000 and assumed a four-year technology levy at $30,000,000 per year for planning purposes. Bergey said assessed-value growth was modeled conservatively (about 4.54% per year), interest-rate assumptions used current-market rates plus 0.75 percentage points, and debt repayment was modeled over 21 years.

“We are selling the last $75,000,000 of the bonds that were authorized by the voters in 2022,” Bergey said. Staff showed projected combined tax-rate impacts per $1,000 of assessed value for each scenario and explained how the district tries to structure issuances so future bonds can fit within a predictable rate.

Director Hayes reminded the board “it is our decision to make whether to run these or not” and urged transparency for new board members and the public. Board members discussed the district’s historical practice of running bond, EP&O (enrichment program and operations) and tech levies together every four years and the pros and cons of that approach. Bergey warned that if the EP&O levy is not renewed before its expiration at the end of 2026, levy revenue from that measure will stop.

Staff outlined the decision process and engagement timeline: the Capital Bond Planning Task Force and the Technology Advisory Committee will produce prioritized project lists and cost estimates, staff will produce detailed project buckets and draft ballot language with bond counsel, and the board will adopt a final package and file with the county ahead of ballot deadlines. Staff said they were doing community surveying and outreach, including work with Strategies 360.

Board members asked staff to prioritize transparency about the rationale for package sizes and tax-rate impacts and to model household-level examples (tax impact for a typical house) for outreach. Several board members said experience favors asking for the amount the district needs rather than under-asking and having to return later. One board member suggested starting at the previous $425,000,000 bond level and adjusting upward based on project needs and inflation.

On enrollment and staffing, staff reported budgeted district enrollment for 2024–25 at about 21,662 students and a current enrolled headcount near 21,615 (FTE reporting excluded running-start students). Staff said the budget-to-budget staffing adjustment reduced district teacher FTE by about 41 FTE overall, with most of the tightness concentrated in secondary endorsement-area assignments; elementary-level staffing needs are expected to be covered largely through typical attrition and transfers. Staff said any required reductions would likely be limited and concentrated in specialized high-school endorsements where course offerings and master schedules change.

Board members asked for detailed project lists and for staff to flag places where choices could be made among competing priorities. Bergey and staff said the Capital Bond Planning Task Force will return with detailed buckets and prioritized lists in June and that the process will include additional community engagement before the board votes on any measure to place on a ballot.

At the study session’s close, no board member objected to continuing development of a package that would include a bond, an EP&O levy and a tech levy for a February 2026 ballot; staff and board members said that direction will guide further planning and community work before the board takes a formal vote on whether to place measures before voters.","District staff presented bond-size scenarios ($375M–$700M), a tech-levy planning assumption, and enrollment/staffing projections. Board members indicated support to continue planning to run a bond, EP&O levy and a tech levy in February 2026 pending final package and community outreach.","actionData","errors"]

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Northshore review finds fewer suspensions but rising recorded incidents and racial disproportionality concerns

Board advances planning for 2026 bond and levies; staff presents scenarios and enrollment update