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District data show small absolute exclusion counts but persistent disparities; policy language and training to change
Summary
An administrative report showed that, while absolute exclusion and weapon/drugs counts are small, disparities persist for African American students at some schools. The district plans to change violation language (remove 'insubordination', separate 'fighting' and 'physical aggression'), increase bias-awareness training, and tighten reporting practices.
David Douglas administrators presented a multi-year discipline-disproportionality report at the Sept. 11 board meeting and outlined both data trends and planned operational changes.
The report — produced for secondary schools and focused on five indicators (percent of students with exclusions, drug possession/use, fighting, truancy, and weapons possession) — showed that overall exclusion counts are small in absolute terms but that disparities remain at particular schools for African American…
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