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School officials report discipline trends: cell phones, insubordination clustered in specific grades
Summary
District administrators told the board that most disciplinary incidents from Sept. 1–Dec. 15 were minor, with cell-phone violations and insubordination the largest categories and Grades 7, 8 and 11 showing the most incidents.
Administrators presented discipline data covering Sept. 1–Dec. 15, 2025, showing a majority of incidents were minor and a decline in minor incidents over time.
Mrs. D. Lingle said the largest categories were insubordination, cell-phone violations, disorderly conduct and students leaving class (AWOL). She described responses that are most often used—parent contact, lunch/extended detention and in-school suspension—and said the district is using a behavior matrix to guide consistent responses. The analysis showed Grades 7, 8 and 11 had the largest number of incidents; Mrs. Lingle noted this may reflect either grade-level trends or a small number of students driving counts.
Board members asked about handling cell-phone violations. Mrs. Lingle described a “three-stop process” for phone violations: an initial call home, a second call home with parent/guardian pickup, and a third step that can include ISS. The board thanked staff for a data-driven, graduated approach.
