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North Penn presents first‑marking‑period discipline report after districtwide switch to Infinite Campus
Summary
North Penn administrators told the Safe Schools Committee that detentions fell and overall suspensions held roughly steady in the first marking period; officials attributed some shifts to a districtwide move to Infinite Campus coding and said a Youth Aid Panel diversion program is operating for first‑time offenders. Public comment raised a discrepancy with state reporting.
Dr. Nicholson, North Penn's discipline lead, told the Safe Schools Committee on the evening of the committee's November meeting that detentions for the first marking period fell to 1,018 from 1,227 the prior year and that the percentage of students receiving detentions declined from 3.9% to 3.6%. He said in‑school and out‑of‑school suspensions were largely flat in the same time frame and that some apparent increases reflect changes in how incidents are coded districtwide.
The report covers the first marking period through Nov. 5 and, Dr. Nicholson said, uses three metrics he described at the start of the presentation: unique students (unduplicated count), percentage of the enrollment affected, and the total number of suspensions (which…
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