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Discipline report: suspensions and threat assessments decline; vaping incidents persist at middle schools
Summary
Dr. Maltby reported declines in suspensions and OSS days across elementary, middle and high schools and noted a drop in high/imminent threats from 18 last year to 2 this year. He flagged roughly two dozen middle‑school tobacco/vape incidents, mostly nicotine vapor devices, and described intervention and prevention efforts.
Dr. Maltby presented the quarterly discipline report, noting that elementary, middle and high‑school disciplinary categories have trended downward this 9‑week period. "Every single category across the board in elementary is down for the 3rd 9 weeks," he said, and highlighted reductions in out‑of‑school suspension days and unique students removed from instruction.
Maltby called attention to middle‑school incidents involving tobacco and vape devices — he said the data showed about 24 incidents this period and that most were nicotine vapor devices — and described family‑focused intervention work where students and parents participate in education sessions. He also noted that high or imminent threat assessments dropped from 18 last year to 2 this year, crediting intervention teams, threat assessment processes and school supports for the decline.
