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Wilmot presenters say referrals are down but attendance remains a concern after coordinated senior skip day
Summary
Dan Bender told the board referrals and suspensions have declined after school-based classroom management and support services, but attendance remains short of the 93% goal; administrators described a coordinated senior skip day that left 157 students absent and prompted family outreach.
Dan Bender, the presenter of the discipline report, told the Wilmot UHS School District board that referrals across most categories have fallen since the district implemented a teacher-focused discipline chart two to three years ago. "Referrals have gone down in every category," he said, adding that "insubordination" referrals are "dramatically lower."
Bender walked directors through demographic breakdowns, saying males are proportionally higher in referral rates and that sophomores currently show the highest referral counts. He explained that entries labeled as "law enforcement" in the student information system often reflect routing to other supports — for example, Kenosha…
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