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Superintendent highlights decline in suspensions as PBIS data show fewer lost instructional days
Summary
District presenters told the board that strengthened PBIS practices and Kickboard tracking coincide with an almost 16% drop in suspensions this year — roughly 710 fewer instructional days lost — while expulsions remain rare and are handled as zero-tolerance cases.
Superintendent Shaw opened a presentation of PBIS data and introduced staff who manage the district’s Kickboard system. A presenter told the board that suspension rates have fallen steadily across recent school years, reporting “a steady decline in those suspensions… this year showing, almost a 16% reduction, and that's a decrease of 710 instructional days.”
The presentation separated expulsions from routine discipline matters, noting expulsions had ticked up slightly but remained well below 2022–23 levels and were treated as zero‑tolerance cases requiring board attention. Shaw linked the discipline trends to broader district goals: “we watch our student discipline rates drop and our suspension rates drop, and it's because of this work right here,” he said, stressing the connection between PBIS rollout, teacher interventions and time back for instruction. The staff said the Kickboard data help target interventions and guide grade‑level planning for the coming year.
