1. Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools Discipline Data Report Board of Education September 11, 2012 Charlie McCurry, Jr.

2. Scope Discipline information for the entire 2011-12 school year Reportable Offenses, suspensions, expulsions First year with the new discipline policy that you helped create last summer District-level view of how disciplinary actions are changing

3. Discipline Through Different Lenses Category  ISS, OSS, LTS, Expulsions Race Elementary, Middle, High Gender Reportable Offenses

4. Reportable Offenses (RO) & Persistently Dangerous (PD) behaviors Reportable Offenses – Use, possession, sale or distribution of narcotics, a controlled substance or alcohol, assault on school personnel (without weapon or serious injury), bomb threat, burning of a school building, possession of a firearm or powerful explosive, assault with a weapon, possession of a weapon other than a firearm Persistently Dangerous – Assault resulting in serious injury, homicide, kidnapping, rape, robbery with a dangerous weapon, sexual assault, sexual offense, indecent liberties with a minor 2011-12 total RO/PD = 484, down 34%

5. District Wide Suspensions (OSS, LTS, Expulsions only) 2008- 09 2009- 10 2010- 11 2011- 12 Change Total Students 6,2745,8085,7555,006-13% Total Suspensions 13,65912,02711,99510,858-9.5% Total Days 38,57136,16238,27924,725-35.4%

6. High School OSS 2008- 09 2009- 10 2010- 11 2011- 12 Change Total Students 3,0882,7382,5532,093-18% Total Suspensions 7,5176,4995,6034,774-14.8% Total Days 19,21417,31114,60410,632-27.2%

7. High School ISS 2008- 09 2009- 10 2010- 11 2011- 12 Change Total Students 2,9902,2903,3993,327-2.1% Total Suspensions 5,6153,9418,01110,131+26.5% Total Days 7,9285,35910,62712,175+14.6%

8. Middle School ISS 2008- 09 2009- 10 2010- 11 2011-12 Change Total Students 2,7092,6212,9852,837-5.0% Total Suspensions 6,0566,3647,4887,753+3.5% Total Days 11,25811,40512,65112,790+1.1%

9. Middle School OSS 2008- 09 2009- 10 2010- 11 2011- 12 Change Total Students 1,9991,9541,9371,810-6.6% Total Suspensions 4,3244,0554,3964,149-5.6% Total Days 13,67812,53113,4109,844-26.6%

10. Elementary School OSS 2008- 09 2009- 10 2010- 11 2011- 12 Change Total Students 1,0841,0521,1791,074-9.0% Total Suspensions 1,7131,4061,9211,906-0.8% Total Days 2,8332,2422,8982,709-6.5%

11. Elementary School ISS 2008- 09 2009- 10 2010- 11 2011-12 Change Total Students 1,0577131,094895-18.2% Total Suspensions 1,5889531,8671,429-23.5% Total Days 1,7061,3112,2421,439.5-35.8%

12. PD/RO Suspensions by Race 2009-102010-112011-12 Change Asian American 132 - American Indian/Native American 2213 + Multi-Racial 226324 -62% African American 277263200 -24% Hispanic 14214844 -70.3% White 195199129 -35.2%

13. PD/RO Suspensions By Gender Total students suspended, percentage male 2011-12: 77% 2010-11: 77% 2009-10: 81% Total students suspended, percentage female 2011-12: 23% 2010-11: 23% 2009-10: 19%

14. Student Discipline Hearings 2009-10  336 total hearings 2010-11  358 total hearings 2011-12  42 total hearings Why?

15. Alternative School Assignment School/Program 2009 -10 2010- 11 2011- 12 Change Main Street 386430325-24% Kingswood ~76105+38% CIP 443830-21% ALC High 265272307+13% ALC Middle ~201182-9%

16. Alternative Schools Budget 2011-12 Main Street Academy  $2 million Kingswood  $1.13 million

17. New Discipline Policy 2011 Removed nearly all mandatory sanctions Requires certain interventions before out of school suspension Provides flexibility to administrators by encouraging thorough consideration of aggravating or mitigating circumstances Aims to keep students in school How’s it going?

18. Feedback from Administrators As principal (or AP), do you think the new discipline policy works well? 72 yes, 28 no

19. Feedback from Administrators Do teachers at your school think the new discipline policy works well? 12 yes, 88 no

20. Feedback from Administrators Have you felt unable to suspend students when you wanted to? 43 yes, 57 no

21. Feedback from Administrators What impact has the new discipline policy had on your school environment? 69 Better, 31 Worse

22. Successes in 2011-12 Observations for 2012-13  Reportable Offenses, OSS, days out of school are down significantly  Mindful of race and gender  Continue seeking consistency school- and district- wide  Continue utilizing and developing individualized interventions and alternatives  Provide support for teachers