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Pulaski County schools report lower discipline incidents and chronic absenteeism; VSBA policy updates headed to second reading
Summary
Superintendent and student services staff reported a year-over-year drop in disciplinary incidents and about a 16% decrease in chronic absenteeism, and told the board that Virginia School Boards Association policy updates will come back for adoption to apply next school year.
Pulaski County Public Schools officials told the Pulaski County School Board that disciplinary incidents fell from the prior year and chronic absenteeism declined by roughly 16%, improvements staff attributed to newly formed student services work and targeted attendance efforts.
A presenter said the district recorded “2,364 incidents total,” and that was “down about, a 100 incidents from from last year, 110 incidents from last year,” noting the district’s data visualizations on…
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