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Committee reviews anti-racism policy, staff reports increased reporting and data use to guide prevention

November 20, 2025 | Frederick County Public Schools, School Boards, Maryland


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Committee reviews anti-racism policy, staff reports increased reporting and data use to guide prevention
The policy committee conducted the required annual review of Policy 1.117 (Anti-Racism). Staff described how the policy prompted establishment of reporting channels and dashboards that have increased documentation of hate/bias incidents and allowed staff to identify patterns and target preventative professional learning.

Staff and board members said the policy's monitoring has enabled more proactive interventions: the district now tracks the number of reports, confirmed incidents, types and locations of incidents, and uses that information to deploy training and resources. Board members asked staff to make explicit how reporting for this policy is surfaced to the board (through KPI reporting and the Racial Equity Committee) and recommended clarifying whether the policy requires separate reporting or incorporates data already collected through established KPIs.

Aboard members discussed whether the policy should explicitly name antisemitism and other religion-based bias as part of the definitions; staff said hate-bias reporting and the dashboards can disaggregate incidents (including antisemitic incidents) and that the district has already used that data to shape professional learning when trends appeared. The committee requested follow-up redlines and scheduled the item for further review in May.

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