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District attributes rise in hearings to new discipline matrix; staff report declines in fights and threats
Summary
Beaufort County staff told the Academics Committee that a 2023‑24 redesign of the discipline matrix produced more referrals to hearing officers even as major violent incidents and suspensions declined; board members asked staff to provide a disaggregated breakdown of infractions and reentry outcomes before the full board.
Beaufort County district staff told the Board of Education’s Academics Committee on Oct. 30 that a revised discipline matrix implemented last year led to more students being referred to hearing officers, while discipline programs and reentry practices contributed to declines in major violent incidents.
In a two‑year comparison presented to the committee, staff reported 21,858 office referrals in 2022‑23 and 22,742 in 2023‑24, a modest increase they said reflected both an uptick in lower‑level referrals and a larger number of hearings for severe infractions. "We redid all the discipline matrices last year," a presenter explained, and the secondary matrices…
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