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District reports progress on OCR‑related corrective actions for discipline, truancy and advanced learning
Summary
District staff said they have compiled policies, unified recordkeeping and launched training tied to an OCR voluntary resolution; they described 49 subcomponents in a corrective action plan and said many steps are complete or in progress while stakeholder equity work continues.
Rapid City Area Schools leadership presented a consolidated progress report on work tied to a voluntary agreement with the U.S. Office for Civil Rights, describing policy revisions, data‑collection changes, training and a stakeholder equity process intended to reduce disparities in discipline, truancy and advanced learning access.
Acting Superintendent Dr. Robert Strawser (identified in the meeting as Dr. Strawser) and the district’s director of Positive School Culture and Climate, Kelly Veidt, gave trustees a walkthrough of a corrective‑action framework the district has been implementing since last year. Veidt said the plan included roughly 49 subcomponents across four buckets and that the district had prioritized three main areas: truancy, discipline and advanced‑learning access.
Why it matters: the OCR work grew from community complaints alleging disparate outcomes for Native American students in…
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