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Discipline incidents decline, board upholds three appeals in closed session
Summary
District data show year‑over‑year declines in recorded discipline incidents and suspensions despite rising enrollment; the board reviewed the multi‑year report, asked staff to investigate a North Texas secondary increase, and in closed session upheld administrative decisions on a staff grievance and two student expulsions.
Harmony Public Schools presented a multiyear student-discipline report to the board on May 17 showing a decline in reported behavior incidents and suspensions compared with the district’s 2018–19 baseline, even as enrollment increased.
Presenters said the analysis excluded years heavily affected by COVID‑19 and used the district’s Skyward system as the source for incidents recorded between the 2018–19 baseline and May 13, 2025. Staff explained that each recorded event in Skyward counts as one behavior event; a single event may include multiple students. Presenters highlighted systemwide initiatives — character-school recognition, expanded counselor roles, explicit classroom instruction on social-emotional skills, and updated…
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