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Board presses staff on referrals reporting after presenters say 61.2% of students had zero referrals
Summary
Presenters said MPS averaged 2.7 referrals per student in 02/2425 and that 61.2% of students had zero referrals; board members questioned whether policy steps and escalation to the board had been applied consistently in some cases and asked for policy- and case-level review.
Presenters told the board that MPS averaged 2.7 referrals per student in the 02/2425 school year and that 61.2% of students had zero referrals, with 12.4% having one referral. "During the 02/2425 school year, MPS averaged 2.7 referrals per student. 61.2% of our students had 0, and about 12.4% had 1 referral," a presenter said.
Board members raised specific concerns that some incidents with repeated behaviors did not reach the board promptly. One member described a case where the same student had repeated incidents over two weeks and only came before the board after four occurrences; presenters replied they had not completed case-level reviews in the meeting and offered to follow up. The exchange highlighted potential gaps between classroom/principal-level handling, Kickboard entries, and formal escalation under the district discipline policy.
