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Board hears spike in discipline incidents tied to vaping and cell-phone rule enforcement
Summary
District staff reported total discipline incidents up this year, with in-school suspensions rising while expulsions and DAP placements fell; staff attributed about 28% of the increase to cell-phone and e-cigarette (vape) violations and described PBIS and targeted campus supports underway.
LUBBOCK — Lubbock ISD officials told trustees March 12 that discipline incidents are up overall this year, driven in part by cell-phone and e-cigarette (vape) violations that now make up a meaningful share of removals and in-school suspensions.
Kam (school support and special services) presented three-year trend lines and said the third-nine-weeks data show in-school suspension is up while expulsions and DAP placements are down. Kam said…
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