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Board approves R3 monitoring report amid questions about disciplinary disparities
Summary
The board certified reasonable progress on the R3 (citizenship) monitoring report but members pressed administration on opportunity gaps and disproportionate office-discipline referrals; the district outlined bias, cultural-humility and restorative-justice work.
Board members voted to approve the R3 monitoring report (citizenship indicators) after a lengthy presentation and discussion about measurement and equity. Carrie Huth summarized the new portrait-of-a-graduate indicators and the evidence for each; the board’s final motion used the monitoring language approved by counsel and administration and the motion carried by voice vote.
Huth and other staff walked through indicators including personal finance proficiency (68.3% B or higher among students taking the required course), health-course proficiency (62.8% B or higher), extracurricular participation (56.8% for grades 6–12), and chronic absenteeism (overall improved from 24.3% to 20.6%). Board members asked for subgroup comparisons and for historical context pre-pandemic.
Much of the discussion focused on discipline and disproportionality. Administrators acknowledged objective and subjective categories in referrals and said the district is studying root causes, refining definitions of disruption and disrespect, and expanding restorative-justice and cultural-liaison work. A parent at the meeting described a case where a child felt targeted after repeat cellphone infractions; administrators reiterated the appeal processes and said they will continue training and third‑party "belonging" walkthroughs.
During discussion of the monitoring report the board debated the certification language; a motion to adopt the report as demonstrating "reasonable progress towards achieving the desired results" was moved and seconded and then carried. One member indicated they would abstain earlier in the meeting due to technical access to the documents.
Board and staff agreed to continue disaggregated monitoring of discipline metrics and to report back with proposed strategies and progress metrics.
