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LPS updates board on first-year PAR behavior framework; suspension data shows racial disproportionality
Summary
At the April 22 meeting Lincoln Public Schools presented year-one implementation findings for its PAR (Prevention, Accountability, Restorative) behavior framework, reporting 2,499 unique student out-of-school suspensions year-to-date and higher risk ratios for Black/African American, multiracial, and American Indian/Alaska Native students.
Lincoln Public Schools staff on April 22 updated the board on the first year of implementing the district’s PAR (Prevention, Accountability, Restorative) behavior framework and presented early data and staff feedback.
Mike (presenter) and Carmen Pedrosa, student services supervisor, described the framework as a districtwide tool designed to improve consistency in responses to student behavior and to promote preventative instruction, clear expectations, and reentry supports. The district is in year one of a planned five-year rollout and the accountability matrix component was the focus of the status report.
The district reported 2,499 unique students suspended out of school year-to-date (suspensions ranging from a single period up…
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