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Discipline referrals fall in several categories; middle-school fighting increases, district says
Summary
Staff reported declines in several serious incident categories—attack on adult, attack on student and fighting at many levels—but said middle-school fighting rose 20 percent; class cutting referrals fell 59 percent and disruption referrals fell slightly as district ties improvements to attendance, mentoring and interventions.
District staff provided a quarterly student-discipline update to the board on Feb. 26, reporting decreases in many serious-referral categories while flagging a 20 percent increase in middle-school fighting.
Key figures Staff presented comparative figures (same period year-to-year): attack on adult decreased by 19.4 percent at the elementary level, 60 percent at the middle level and 25 percent at the high-school level; attack on student showed decreases of 47.5 percent (elementary), 20 percent (middle) and 45 percent (high).…
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