WCPSS Annual Report

Student Discipline Data 2014-2015

Presentation Goals

1. Review 5 Year Suspension Trends

2. Examine 2014-15 Suspension Data

3. Provide Comparison Data of Large NC LEAs

4. Discussion Next Steps to Address Data Trends

9,937

8,420 8,998

6,901 [VALUE]

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2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

-15% +7%

-23% 0.24%

Individual Students Suspended: 5 Year Trend

30% Reduction of Individual Students Suspended ( -3,019 Students)

Short Term Suspensions: 5 Year Trend

17,339

14,223 15,378

10,938 11,511

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2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

-29%

-18%

+8%

+5%

34% Reduction in Short Term Suspensions (-5,828 Suspensions)

Long Term Suspensions: 5 Year Trend

572

403

345

267

318

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2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

-30%

-14%

-23% +19%

1,206 Principal Recommendations for Long-Term

44% Reduction in Long Term Suspensions (-254 Suspensions)

Total Suspensions: 5 Year Trend 17,918

14,626 15,723

11,205 11,829

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2010-2011 2011-2012 2012-2013 2013-2014 2014-2015

-18% +8%

-29%

34% Reduction in Total Suspensions (-6,089 Suspensions)

+6%

Total Suspensions by Level: 5 Year Trend

Elementary Middle High Totals

2014-2015 1,955 4,699 5,175 11,829

2013-2014 1,905 4,381 4,919 11,205

2012-2013 2,274 5,997 7,452 15,723

2011-2012 1,985 5,606 7,035 14,626

2010-2011 2,247 5,946 9,725 17,918

2014-2015 Short-term Suspension Rate: ES(2.70), MS (12.77), HS (10.5), District (7.46) Preliminary Data

2014-2015 Individual Students Suspended

6,918 Individual Students Suspended

149,257

Students NOT Suspended

Students Not Suspended 96%

+17 Increase of individual students suspended compared to last year (0.24% increase)

Students Suspended 4%

2014-2015 Examining Suspension Gaps by Ethnicity

Total Suspensions (ST and LT) = 11,829

American Indian

0%

Asian 1%

African American

63%

White 16%

Multi-Racial 4%

Native Hawaiian 0%

Hispanic 15%

WCPSS Population (By Ethnicity)

% Enrollment

% Suspensions

American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.30% 0%

African American 24.21% 63%

Asian 7.25% 1%

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.11% 0%

Hispanic 16.56% 15%

Multi-Racial 3.81% 4%

White 47.76% 16%

2014-2015 Examining Student Gaps by Ethnicity

Individual Students Suspended (ST and LT) = 6,918

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.4%

Asian 1%

African American

59% White 19%

Multi-Racial 4%

Native Hawaiian 0%

Hispanic 17%

WCPSS Population (By Ethnicity)

% Enrollment

% Students

Suspended

American Indian/Alaskan Native 0.30% .4%

African American 24.21% 59%

Asian 7.25% 1%

Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0.11% 0%

Hispanic 16.56% 17%

Multi-Racial 3.81% 4%

White 47.76% 19%

11%

89%

African American Students Suspended (Male and Female)

African American Students Not Suspended (Male and Female)

AA Students Suspended 4,065 AA Students NOT Suspended 33,742 AA Student Population 37,807

2014-2015 Examining Individual Student Suspensions of African American (AA) Students

14%

86%

African American Males Suspended

African American Males NOT Suspended

AA Males Suspended 2,714 AA Males NOT suspended 16,436 Total AA Male Population 19,150

2014-2015 Examining Individual Student Suspensions of African American (AA) Males

12%

88%

SWD - Individual students suspended

SWD - Individual students NOT suspended

SWD Students Suspended 2,472 SWD Students NOT Suspended 18,418 Total SWD Population 20,890

2014-2015 Examining Individual Students with Disabilities (SWD) Suspended

WCPSS Population (By Ability)

% Enrollment

% Suspensions

Typical Peers 87% 3%

SWD 13% 36%

Discipline Data Trends 2013-2014 to 2014-2015

11,205

6,901

5,008

2,835

2,256

11,511

6,918

5,247

2,714

2,472

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Total Suspensions

Individual StudentsSuspended

AA Male Suspensions

Individual AA MalesSuspended

SWD IndividualStudents Suspended

2014-2015

2013-2014

-4.27%

+4.77%

+0.24%

+2.73%

+9.57% Short Term

Suspension Rate Comparison

2013-2014 7.15 2014-2015 7.46

Increase +.31

Comparison with other NC School Districts (2013-2014) WCPSS Meck/Char Guilford Durham Cumberland

Suspension Rate

(9-12) *

10.25 26.24 11.33 25.05 25.66

Long Term Suspensions (All Grades)

**

267 8 9 69 10

Reportable Acts ***

(9-12) 12.77 13.87 11.86 19.31 15.30

* Number of suspensions/100 students enrolled ** Total number of suspensions ***Number of acts/1000 students enrolled (16 Mandatory Reportable Offenses) Data from: NCDPI Consolidated Report on Suspensions and Expulsions (2013-2014)

Next Steps to Address Data Trends

Continue to implement our Comprehensive Plan for Equitable Discipline Practices

1. Increase access to alternatives to suspension • Examine and revise district discipline policies and practices • Expand restorative practices • Increase the effectiveness of alternative learning programs

2. Realign Intervention Services discipline resources 3. Expand the implementation of MTSS 4. Expand mental health resources 5. Work collaboratively to increase law enforcement diversions 6. Launch Middle School Discipline project