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Leavenworth schools report drop in suspensions after Safe and Civil Schools rollout
Summary
District staff reported semester-one implementation of Safe and Civil Schools (CHAMPS and secondary classroom protocols) and Kickboard incident tracking. Walk-through data show 73.2% implementation of classroom plans and declines in office referrals, incidents and suspension days compared with the same period last year.
Leavenworth USD 453 reported substantial reductions in office referrals and suspension days after rolling out Safe and Civil Schools classroom-management practices and a centralized incident-tracking system, district staff said Tuesday.
District staff presented semester-one metrics showing 73.2% implementation of the agreed classroom-management plans across 157 walk-throughs and a 32.9% decline in both office referrals and incident counts compared with the same number of weeks last year. Suspension days fell 53% year over year, the presentation said.
The data were delivered by Dr. Rebecca Varvel, who led the district task force that developed a unified classroom-management approach and a tiered response matrix. "Our data. It is showing, a lot of success," Varvel said, recounting results from training and implementation of CHAMPS (elementary/intermediate) and Disciplinary Secondary Classroom protocols.
Nut graf: The district tied those classroom practices to centralized…
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