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District reports mixed discipline trends as middle-school interventionists are deployed
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Superintendent presented first-quarter KPIs for middle-school behavior interventionists showing increased referrals and suspensions at some schools while expulsions decreased; administration said changes in referral practices and added assistant principals may explain part of the rise and committed to continued monitoring.
Superintendent Dr. Price and staff gave a data-driven update Tuesday on new intervention positions aimed at improving middle-school outcomes, but the early numbers show mixed results.
Price told trustees that new middle-school behavior interventionists serve specific schools (White Knoll Middle and Carolina Springs Middle). At White Knoll Middle, total referrals rose from 357 to 629 year over year; that total included 138 new referrals coded for tardies, which, when excluded, reduced the increase to 357→491. In-school suspensions at White Knoll rose…
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