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Parents and classified staff urge Lancaster board to address suspension rates and low classified pay ahead of negotiations
Summary
Public commenters urged the board to investigate disciplinary disparities that they say push young children out of class and called for a corrected classified salary schedule, citing rising benefit costs and an upcoming minimum-wage increase; the board formally acknowledged both labor proposals and scheduled negotiations.
At the district's public comment period, residents and classified staff urged the Lancaster School District board to scrutinize exclusionary discipline practices and to address long-standing pay inequities for classified employees.
Raquel Durler told the board the district's published discipline data shows elevated suspension rates and racial disparities, and she urged the board to "take a deep dive into the data." Durler cited figures that were presented during her remarks: an overall out-of-school suspension rate she described as about 6.6%, a suspension rate for Black students she stated as 13.5%, for students with disabilities 9.7%, and for foster youth 10.2%, compared with 3.5%…
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