Referrals fall districtwide; board hears plan to scale restorative approaches
Summary
District reported decreases in disciplinary referrals across most schools (Perkins, middle, high) and plans to expand restorative practices and targeted Tier 3 supports where needed; Lincoln was an outlier with increased referrals tied to staff loss.
District administrators reported notable decreases in behavior referrals across buildings: Perkins referrals fell from 682 to 308, the middle school from about 1,600 to 787, and the high school from roughly 2,800 to 1,558. The superintendent credited a combination of security work and restorative-practices implementation and said the district will continue to emphasize relationship-building and use ATS rooms for alternative supports.
She cautioned that Lincoln bucked the trend with increased referrals, partly attributed to loss of Tier-3 staff who had been working with challenging behaviors. The board asked staff to monitor Tier-3 needs and to propose staffing or programmatic responses where referral reductions had stalled or reversed.
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