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Assistant superintendent: student safety report shows high 'other' removals at secondary schools
Summary
Assistant Superintendent Ms. Lewis presented required annual student safety data showing higher incident counts at secondary schools, including a large number of 'other' incidents leading to student removal; the district explained 'other' captures a broad set of conduct including cutting class.
Assistant Superintendent Ms. Lewis presented the district’s annual student safety data for the 2024–25 school year, reporting incidents broken down by category and school. She noted secondary schools recorded higher incident totals, and explained the ‘other’ category includes a broad range of conduct that can result in a student’s removal from their instructional setting.
Ms. Lewis gave school-level counts: at the secondary level she listed 4,221 incidents classified as "other" that led to removal; Linden High School was reported with 14 incidents identified as violence, 10 as vandalism, 36 as substance incidents and two weapons incidents, with 3,552 listed under "other." Seoul Middle School and McManus Middle School had differing counts across categories. Ms. Lewis said the counts reflect the statutory reporting categories that the district must submit and include removals for actions such as cutting class, which are recorded as removals.
During public follow-up, community members asked the administration to clarify what types of behavior fall under the 'other' category and whether that number was unusually high; district staff reiterated that "other" is broad and includes removals for noncriminal behavioral violations and attendance-related removals, and that the reporting system captures many day-to-day incidents.
