Agenda - 09-28-2017 - Attachment A - Chapel Hill Carrboro City Schools

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111111 E II 1 fear j . Y SCHOOLS To: Pamela Baldwin, Superintendent From: Rydell Harrison, Assistant Superintendent of Instruction Services Todd LoFrese, Assistant Superintendent for Support Services Re: Mid-year Student Conduct Update 5b Date: April 17, 2017 The purpose of tonight's presentation is to provide a mid-year update on student conduct. During the presentation, we will review the discipline data from the first semester of the 2016-2017 school year and provide an overview of the number of incidents resulting in student arrest for conduct on school grounds or at a school-sponsored event. Discipline Data: On August 18, 2016, administration provided an overview of the 2015-2016 discipline data to the Board during work session. The purpose of the discussion was to analyze the major office discipline referral (ODRs) data by race and identified targeted areas for improvement to reduce racial disproportionality across all schools, and to highlight administration's plan to address discipline disproportionalities by developing a comprehensive plan for implementing restorative practices and circles and providing direct support to schools. During the first semester, schools set specific goals to address discipline disproportionalities and created action steps to address school-wide trends from the 2015-2016 data. School-based teams regularly reviewed discipline data using PBIS protocols and developed Tier 2 interventions to address individual behaviors. Below is a mid-year review of the discipline data, which is based on major ODRs entered in the School-Wide Information System (SWIS)by school-based data managers. Table 1 is an overview of the comparison of the count of major referrals between the first semester of 2015- 2016 and the first semester of 2016-2017. The data highlight significant reductions in the counts of referrals at middle and high. At the start of the school year, administration stressed the importance of accurate and consistent reporting of all major ODRs. The increase in elementary referrals may be the result of more consistent reporting practices across schools. Table 2-5 show the count of students with at least one ODR by race and by level, and Table 6 compares students with 504 plans and I F;Ps to students without. The risk index was determined using each race's percentage of all referrals and percentage of total enrollment. The risk index indicates the underlying rate at which a demographic group receives an ODR and answers the question: What is the likelihood that each racial group of students will receive one or more ODR? The risk index was unable to be calculated for students with 23 1 of