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RSD13 committee reviews first districtwide behavior data and emphasizes restorative practices
Summary
Superintendent Sydney Leot introduced Linkit, the new K–12 incident-tracking system, reported two finalized 'challenging behavior' referrals and described broad restorative-practices training; the committee requested changes to future reports to show students affected, repeat incidents and SRO involvement while noting privacy constraints.
Superintendent Sydney Leot told Regional School District 13’s School District Climate Committee that the district has begun using a K–12 incident-tracking platform called Linkit and that this is the first time the district can consistently compare behavioral data across all schools (meeting date not specified in the transcript).
Leot said two challenging behavior forms had been submitted, investigated and closed this term — one at Brewster and one at Strong — and described the categories used in the system (disrespect, disruption, insubordination, inappropriate language, cell-phone violation, verbal aggression, plagiarism/cheating and others). "We have had two challenging behavior forms submitted, investigated, and finalized," Leot reported, and she emphasized the district will provide this data at every committee meeting so trends can be tracked.
Committee members pressed staff for better data breakdowns and clarified how Linkit stores entries: the platform currently creates one form per student per incident, so counts reported represent the number of submitted forms rather than the number of separate incidents or unique students affected. Members asked for future reports to include: the number of unique students represented by the forms, metrics for repeat offenders (students with multiple referrals), and categorization for 'escalated' incidents (vaping, physical aggression).
Leot and others also described the district’s restorative-practices work. She said every educator completed state-required restorative-practices training and that the district followed up with smaller, deeper sessions for administrators and counselors. Leot described how most documented outcomes so far have been restorative interventions (conferences, counseling, circles) rather than traditional suspensions. "Everybody's doing restorative," she said when summarizing Brewster outcomes, noting that more punitive outcomes (in-school or out-of-school suspension) are now more often treated as last resorts.
Members raised concerns about privacy and small-number reporting: tracking SRO (school resource officer) interventions was suggested, but Leot warned that some monthly SRO detail is presented annually to avoid identifying individuals in small-sample settings. The committee agreed to a reporting cadence of roughly every three months with an annual overview so the group can monitor trends and the effect of restorative practices.
Next steps included asking staff to add students-affected counts, repeat-referral metrics and escalated-incident fields to future Linkit exports and to craft a reporting template for the committee that balances transparency with confidentiality.
