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Cherry Creek presentation outlines plan to reduce disciplinary disparities
Summary
At the Jan. 12 board meeting, Latoya Tolbert presented district discipline data showing disproportionate exclusions for Hispanic, Black and multiracial students and outlined short-term actions — including restorative practices and referral standardization — aimed at reducing multiple-incident rates for male students from 21.6% to 17.3%.
Latoya Tolbert, presenter for the district’s discipline priority team, told the Cherry Creek School District Board of Education on Jan. 12 that the district is confronting persistent disproportionality in school discipline and laid out a short action cycle to address it.
“We have 91.1 percent of Cherry Creek students who have not experienced a single behavioral incident this year,” Tolbert said, adding that the district’s work focuses on the smaller group of students who receive multiple discipline incidents. Tolbert cited national and state research and district findings showing overrepresentation of Hispanic, Black and multiracial students, as well as students with disabilities, in exclusionary discipline.
Tolbert described five strategic shifts the district will…
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