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District reports small rise in HIB investigations, outlines trainings and PBIS efforts
Summary
The district's director of personnel planning and evaluation presented Jan'June student-safety data showing 27 HIB investigations across three schools (up from 23 the prior year), described training and PBIS work, and said school-level reviews prompted tightened language in several policies. The committee plans policy votes by September.
Jackie Joe Mayo, the district's director of personnel planning and evaluation, told the board the Student Safety Data System submission for January through June shows schools reported a modest increase in harassment/intimidation/bullying investigations compared with the prior year.
Mayo said Brock Pond School recorded 11 incidents (9 confirmed HIBs, one violent/vandalism incident and one weapon-related incident) and 16 student suspensions; Broadcom School logged 15 HIB investigations (6 unfounded, 9 confirmed); Mitchell School had four investigations and no violent incidents. "This year, we had 27 [HIB investigations]," Mayo said. "So it went up by 4." She added that the district and state both saw increases in reported investigations in the January-to-June reporting window.
The presentation explained the Student Safety Data System requires reporting of confirmed and unfounded incidents, suspensions, trainings and behavior-focused programming. Mayo described staff training and programs used across the district: anti-bullying coordinator meetings, behavior-management workshops, PBIS (positive behavioral interventions and supports) training for Mitchell administrators, and targeted bus-driver engagement to reduce incidents on school transportation. She said some incident reports are duplicates from parent submissions and that the district evaluates each for potential HIB status.
Board members pressed for trend context. Mayo said staff review locations and grade levels to identify patterns and noted the rise in investigations followed a spike between January and March before numbers declined later in the year. "We look at locations, grade level to see if we see any trends," she said, adding the district also participates in state trainings and compares numbers with other districts.
The policy committee reported it is tightening language in curriculum and staff-student electronic-communication policies to clarify unacceptable content and behaviors, and it plans to circulate revisions for board review with the goal of a September vote. The board did not take formal action on the data presentation; staff said they would continue routine data reporting and follow-up trainings.
Next steps: staff will provide the committee with draft policy language and continue PBIS and targeted trainings; the board expects a policy vote in September.
