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Schenectady board weighs suspension data as officials press for deeper, building‑level answers
Summary
At a Dec. 3 board meeting, the Schenectady City School District presented suspension trends showing racial disproportionality and outlined diversion and restorative investments; board members pressed for building-level breakdowns, intervention‑vs‑suspension outcomes and a possible independent audit.
Assistant Superintendent Andrea Tope presented the Schenectady City School District’s latest suspension data to the Board of Education on Dec. 3, highlighting long‑term trends, quarter‑one figures and programs intended to reduce exclusionary discipline.
Tope said the district’s overall suspension rate at the end of the first quarter stood at 16.2%. She reported that, for the 2024–25 school year, staff logged roughly 3,025 suspension incidents involving 1,386 students and that the district uses a relative‑risk ratio to measure disproportionality. “A relative risk ratio of 1 means a recorded group faces no disproportionality,” she said, and the district has set goals to keep relative risk below 2.
Why it matters: board member Jamaica opened the night’s discussion by reminding colleagues that community members have raised…
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