Board reviews discipline‑data system; teachers and union urge keeping Synergy tracking

Peoria Unified administrators provided a detailed overview of the district’s student discipline data entry process and how entries in the Synergy student information system are intended to support early intervention, district review and parent contact.

Doctor Hernandez, deputy superintendent for educational services, summarized Arizona Revised Statute 15‑841 and the district’s “majors/minors” guidance, explaining that teachers may remove a pupil from class under two specific statutory conditions and should document classroom interventions before escalating to administrators. Hernandez walked the board through a non‑real example used for training that showed a teacher documenting repeated minor incidents, parental contact and subsequent administrative response after an incident coded as major.

Hernandez described safeguards the district has put in place: annual training for staff and principals (with refreshers as needed), executive‑director review of discipline entries and an emphasis this year on ensuring parent…