Jeff Bergosh Blog: In-Depth Breakdown of Last Year's Expulsions and Change of Placement Data

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Monday, September 22, 2014

In-Depth Breakdown of Last Year's Expulsions and Change of Placement Data

.....To include race, age, gender, infraction, previous numbers of referrals, and disposition (expulsion or the kinder, gentler, "change of placement").

The following pictures give an incredible amount of insight into the who, why, what, and where of discipline in our schools over last year. Initially, the usual, detailed compilation of data to include the infractions, was not provided to the board. This was a departure from previous years. I asked to get this data at a workshop recently, and was initially told "staff did not have time to compile it" I asked if they could do it because I wanted to see it. This afternoon, the entire spreadsheet was provided.

I'm presenting this data with the student number redacted, but with all of the other pertinent , but not individually identifiable, student information left in. I especially like the breakdown that shows the number of previous referrals. One student, who we still did not expel but instead gave a "change of placement" had an incredible 61 previous referrals. Sixty-One!! I've never seen that big a number, so I will be asking specific questions about this student. Here are the seven pages