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Board of Education Presentation

Creating and Maintaining a Positive School Climate

December 9, 2015

Supporting our Mission

“The mission of Groveport Madison Schools is to build a community of learners, leaders and responsible citizens. Among our foremost efforts to fulfill this mission must be to create and maintain a positive school climate that affords a safe and disruption-free environment for our students and staff alike.”

Discipline – Local Districts

Columbus City Schools 70.6 Whitehall City Schools 54.6 South-Western City Schools 44.5 Newark City Schools 34.5 Groveport Madison Schools 32.0 Hamilton Local Schools 26.7 Lancaster City Schools 21.9 State Average 21.9 Reynoldsburg City Schools 21.7 Canal Winchester Schools 11.0

Based on incidents per 100 students

Discipline - Local High Schools

High School Discipline/100 ADM Cols South (7-12) 192.9 828 Whitehall Yearling 147.5 722 Cols Walnut Ridge HS 141.6 684 SWCS Central Crossing HS 110.7 1,616 Cols Independence HS 106.6 586 Cols Marion-Franklin HS 102.5 675 SWCS Franklin Heights HS 102.4 1,113 Newark HS 95.3 1,382 SWCS Westland HS 94.1 1,542 Reynoldsburg HS * 90.7 1,835 Groveport Madison HS 27.5 1,176 State Average 21.9 1,651,018 Hamilton Township HS 19.8 792 Canal Winchester HS 19 1,011

Discipline – Similar High Schools

High School/School District Discipline/100 ADM Sandusky HS (Sandusky City) 159.3 835 Whitehall Yearling 147.5 722 Northwest HS (Northwest Local) 117 754 Colerain HS (Northwest Local) 102.4 1,544 Winton Woods HS (Winton Woods City) 88.3 952 Springfield HS (Springfield Local-Lucas Co) 77.7 985 Fitch HS (Austintown Local) 66.5 1,616 West Carrolton HS (West Carrollton City) 58.9 887 Xenia HS (Xenia Community City) 47.4 1,089 Elyria HS (Elyria City) 39.7 1,739 Zanesville HS (Zanesville City) 36.6 861 Garfield Heights HS (Garfield Heights City) 35.7 1,144 Middletown HS (Middletown City) 34.2 1,435 Chillicothe HS (Chillicothe City) 33.9 758 Fairborn HS (Fairborn City) 29.7 921 Washington HS (Massillon City) 28.6 1,171 Groveport Madison HS 27.5 1,176 State Average 21.9 1,651,018 Lakeside HS (Ashtabula Area City) 19.9 959 Theodore Roosevelt HS (Kent City) 17.7 1,230 Freemont-Ross HS (Fremont City) 13.6 1,026 Bedford HS (Bedford City) 12.1 1,054 Whitmer HS (Washington Local) 11.3 2,050

High School Infractions by Grade

47% 34% 12% 7% Freshman (442) Sophomores (314) Juniors (116) Seniors (61)

HS Infractions by Frequency

26% 26% 13% 7% 6% 6% 3% 2% 2% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% Skipping Class (242) Disruptive (241) Tardy (121) Disobedience/Respect (69) Fighting (57) Avoiding Detention (53) Electronic Device (32) Tobacco (22) Poss/Use Drugs/Alcohol (20) Dress Code (13) Theft/Stolen Property (13) Violent Act (8) Disobedience (7) Sex Offenses (7) Dist of Drugs/Alcohol (5) Assault (4) Weapons/Look alike (4) Forgery/Fraud (3) Gambling (3) Sexting (2)

• Inapp. Internet (2)

PDA (2) Bullying/Harrassment (2) Arson (1) Plagiarism/Cheating (1) Vandalism (1)

What School Leaders Have to Say

• The majority of discipline issues are of a non-

violent nature but result in disruptions to learning and tensions within the school.

• A large percentage of the discipline issues
• riginate in the community and manifest in

schools as flashpoints.

• Students often lack skills and support systems to

help them appropriately deal with conflicts.

• Seeing more incidents in which parents and/or

adults also become involved in aggressive behaviors.

What Does This Mean?

• The data addresses some misconceptions of Groveport

Madison Schools as it relates to discipline issues.

– Fewer discipline incidences than most peer districts/high schools. – Majority of issues are non-violent in nature.

• Need to look more deeply into the specific discipline issues

at all grade levels to look and to identify/involve outside support services/agencies, where appropriate.

• Acknowledge that we can and must do more to help

students develop conflict resolution skills at all grade levels.

• Need to leverage outside professional and community

resources to help us address neighborhood challenges that are faced by our students.

Recommendations

• Create a community coalition to develop a strategic

action plan to support students and equip them with the tools and skills they need to effectively deal with conflicts.

– Include broad constituencies: community leaders, social service organizations, faith leaders, school personnel, students and parents. – Identify how we can utilize community resources to better support families and neighborhoods within GM Schools.

• Assess current discipline data collection and reporting

tools for all schools.

• Set up a monitoring and reporting system related to

school discipline.

Questions and Input