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Board reviews discipline data; district cites disruptive behavior as largest referral category and promotes Stop It app and mental‑health partnerships
Summary
District staff presented 2025–26 discipline data showing disruptive behavior as the top referral type, described reporting and intervention tools (Ripple Effects, Stop It app) and outlined partnerships with 12 mental‑health agencies; the board requested building‑level and subgroup drilldowns.
District leaders presented a yearlong discipline summary to the board and described interventions the district is using to address classroom disruptions, rising elementary fighting and growing mental‑health needs.
"Disruptive behavior is the biggest one," a data lead said, explaining the district’s coding and reporting approach for infractions. Staff distinguished infractions (teacher referrals) from incidents and actions (suspensions or other administrative responses) and said referrals are collected weekly and stored in a central reporting studio (IBM Cognos). The supervisor of school counselors said counselors and PBIS teams use the data and a district‑licensed Ripple Effects program to assign preventive and restorative learning modules.
Board members pressed for more granular data. One member asked whether bullying appears low because events are being coded differently; staff said bullying is coded only when an investigation yields findings that meet the bullying definition and that other reports may be categorized as reckless or disruptive behavior. The district said it can provide building‑level and grade‑level breakdowns in the weekly Google sheet used by the executive team and will include root‑cause themes in future reports.
The board also heard that the Stop It anonymous reporting app has increased reporting and routes concerns to safety and security staff for review. "The Stop It App has been great," a district safety official said, and another staff member added that the security team monitors the app 24/7 and coordinates with North Little Rock Police when students are in crisis.
Presenters said the district has expanded mental‑health partnerships from roughly three to 12 agencies and that referrals to outside counseling increase when deeper needs are identified. Staff described ongoing efforts—conflict resolution, PBIS, counselor reports and school improvement planning—to address systemic causes of referrals and to align supports across attendance, discipline and academics.
The board did not take formal action; staff said they will deliver the requested drilldowns and root‑cause analyses to support targeted planning next year.
