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Estacada reports 60% drop in physical incidents; district outlines tracking and limits for special-education suspensions
Summary
Superintendent Carpenter told the RISE Committee the district has seen about a 60% decline in incidents of hitting, biting and kicking over three years, credited to new staffing and better tracking via OnCourse; special-education suspension limits and parent-notification practices were discussed.
Superintendent Carpenter told the RISE Committee the district has recorded substantial declines in student physical incidents and outlined how new staffing and tracking tools are shaping responses.
"We've seen a 60% reduction in students hitting, biting, and kicking," Carpenter said, attributing the trend to hiring more support staff and evolving strategies. Carpenter said the district will bring visualized data to the next meeting to show trends more clearly.
Carpenter described OnCourse, a software system adopted…
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