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District outlines PBIS, SEL and wraparound steps after suspension-rate review
Summary
District staff told trustees the Snowline suspension rate held at about 7.2% while the district is expanding PBIS, social-emotional learning, social-worker staffing, partnerships and MTSS planning to reduce suspensions and chronic absenteeism.
Trustees received a detailed update on Local Control and Accountability Plan (LCAP) Goal 2, which uses the suspension-rate metric (California Department of Education definition: percentage of students suspended at least one full day) to monitor discipline and wellbeing.
Dr. Julie Hurst, representing the student intervention and attendance office, told trustees Snowline's districtwide out-of-school suspension rate was 7.2% in the most-recent dashboard, while the state indicator reported that 32% of schools had suspensions in the comparable measure. Hurst said the district is treating suspension reduction as connected to increasing safety, belonging and lowering chronic absenteeism.
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