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Harlem Consolidated SD 122 reviews school improvement plans and behavior data
Summary
District leaders presented school improvement priorities and multi‑level discipline data June 10; the committee moved improvement plans to the full Board on June 15 and asked for more student‑level success stories to contextualize high referral counts.
Dr. Michelle Erb, assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, summarized district academic growth and detailed year‑long behavior and referral trends at a Committee of the Whole meeting on June 10, 2026.
The district reviewed school improvement plans from multiple buildings. Jennifer Curless, the middle‑school representative, identified top priorities as lowering absenteeism, increasing academic achievement and boosting math scores using the Lean on Me program, MTSS facilitators and targeted professional development. Mike Valentine, representing Loves Park, and Kasie Kosinski of Rock Cut Elementary also highlighted explicit instruction and HMH curriculum focus for reading and math. The committee voted by consensus to send the school improvement plans to the Board meeting on June 15, 2026.
Erb presented district benchmark results, saying district growth goals in math and English‑language arts were reached and that buildings had set both typical growth and stretch goals with predicted IAR proficiency. School leaders supplemented that overview with building‑level data and strategies.
On discipline, elementary reporting showed 296 detentions, 71 out‑of‑school suspensions and 193 in‑school suspensions, and the district recorded 910 referrals overall with about 1% of students receiving six or more referrals. At the high school, Danielle Townsend reported roughly 2,900 referrals, 846 in‑school suspensions, 27 referrals to juvenile authorities and 11 students on CPAs. Middle‑school figures exceeded 2,000 referrals with 889 in‑school suspensions, 17 juvenile referrals and eight students on CPAs. Leaders noted higher referral rates among male and minority students and said de‑escalation coaching, restorative practices and documentation (SIF forms) are being used to address behaviors.
Principals described specific success stories in which interventions reduced repeat referrals for frequent‑referral students; Aaron McKnight and Chair Kurt Thompson asked staff to complement summary statistics with more student‑level narratives so the board can better understand the stories behind the numbers.
The committee did not take final action on policy changes at the meeting; the immediate next step is forwarding the school improvement plans to the full Board for consideration on June 15, 2026.
