Because out-of-school suspensions take students
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Because out-of-school suspensions take students
RESTORATIVE JUSTICE PRACTICES: HOW FRESNO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT CAN BOOST STUDENT ATTENDANCE, IMPROVE GRADUATION RATES, AND INCREASE FUNDING Fresno Unified School District Overview As the fourth largest district in the state, Fresno Unified School District (FUSD) is responsible for educating roughly 74,000 students.i With 83% of Fresno Unified students eligible for Free and Reduced Price Meals,ii the district serves a high-needs population. Nearly 1 in 4 (23%) are English language learnersiii and 1 in 10 (9%) are enrolled in special education.iv The district is also racially and ethnically diverse--63% Latino, 13% White, 13% Asian, 10% African American, 1% Native American and 1% multiracial.v Because out-of-school suspensions take students out of the classroom, they deprive students of valuable instruction time and increase the likelihood that students will fall behind. Currently, FUSD is failing to graduate a significant proportion of students. Only 3 in 4 (73%) students that started in ninth grade in 2006-07 graduated from high school with their peers in 2010-11.vi Moreover, embedded within these rates In Fresno Unified, 1 in 2 are underlying disparities. The official graduation rate is 80% for African Americans are Asians, 76% for Whites, 71% for Latinos, 67% for African suspended (53.2%), a rate Americans, 63% for Native Americans and 65% for English nearly 3 times that of language learners.vii White students (18.4%). While there are a number of causes underlying high school dropout rates, one contributing factor is the district’s current discipline policies which result in excessive suspensions and expulsions.viii Because out-of-school suspensions take students out of the classroom, they deprive students of valuable instruction time and increase the likelihood that students will fall behind.ix In fact, studies show that students who are suspended are 6 times more likely to repeat a grade and 5 times more likely to drop out of high school.x In 2010-11, FUSD issued 493 expulsions,xi more expulsions Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD 1 than any other of California’s ten largest districts.xii Additionally, the district had the third most suspensions,xiii issuing 14,653 suspensionsxiv in one year. Moreover, nearly forty percent of out-of-school suspensions were for non-violent offences including “profanity and obscenities” (11%) and “willful defiance” (29%),xv an overly broad and subjective category which includes “disrupting school activities or otherwise willfully defying the valid authority of school staff.”xvi (For pyramid-, school-, and district-level data, see Appendix I.) Overall, FUSD’s suspensions resulted in more than 32,000 days of lost instruction.xvii Research indicates that suspensions and expulsions disproportionately impact English language learners, students with disabilities, and African American students. For example, African American students are 3 times more likely to be suspended.xviii In Fresno Unified, 10.2% of students with disabilities and 5.0% of English language learners (ELL) were suspended.xix The racial disparities noted above are mirrored in Fresno Unified where 1 in 2 African Americans are suspended (53.2%), a rate nearly 3 xx times that of White students (18.4%). (See Figure 1). Moreover, African American students are four times more likely to be expelled (2.2%) when compared to White students (.5%).xxi (See Figure 2). A Paradigm Shift in State Policy: Improvements to California’s School Discipline Systems Policymakers, school districts, community leaders, and key stakeholders across California are acknowledging the need to remedy harsh school discipline policies which are costly, ineffective and unequally levied. With evidence of effective alternatives, California policymakers are making strides to promote alternative systems designed to reduce out-of-schools suspensions and expulsions: ● Figure 3: Reasons for Out-of-School Suspensions in FUSD Profanity and Obscenities 11% Other 5% Willful Defiance 29% Violence/Drug Related 55% On January 1, 2013, the state adopted 5 new laws aimed at improving school discipline policies. These laws: (1) encourage alternative means of correction in lieu of suspension and expulsion, including Restorative Justice practices; (2) clarify existing zero tolerance policies; (3) invite the Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD 2 person(s) responsible for the educational rights of foster youth to all discipline-related meetings; (4) speed up re-enrollment in school for youth in the juvenile justice system; and (5) align truancy law with best practices.xxii ● In February 2013, Assemblymember Dickinson introduced Assembly Bill 420, which would eliminate the use of “willful defiance” as a reason to suspend students in grades K through 8. For grades 9 through 12, out-of-school suspensions would be allowed for the third act of “defiance” and only after administrators have used common-sense, research-based discipline alternatives for the first two times a student is willfully defiant.xxiii From Recommendation to Action: Implementing the Recommendations of FUSD’s Graduation Task Force Recognizing the need “to increase the number of students who stay in school on target to graduate,”xxiv Fresno Unified School District initiated the Graduation Task Force. According to the Task Force, the district’s current discipline policies are ineffective in increasing the number of high school students that graduate on-time. Consequently, the Task Force recommended that the district implement an alternative school discipline system. According to the Task Force, an effective discipline system “must restore healthy interactions, help participants learn from their mistakes, and connect students and adults with the supports they need to keep all students in school on target to graduate.” More specifically, the Task Force noted that “students need to be taught appropriate behavior and be held accountable for their misbehaviors. The goal of every intervention should be to return students to their class with their teacher as quickly as possible.”xxv Given the importance of the recommendations set forth by the Graduation Task Force, failure to implement an alternative discipline system is a missed opportunity which costs students, Fresno Unified and the community. Student costs: With lost instruction time, students with out-of-school suspensions are more likely to fall behind and 5 times more likely to drop out of high school.xxvi In 2011, 27% of Fresno Unified’s students did not graduate with their classmates.xxvii Moreover, youth who are suspended or expelled are 3 times more likely to have contact with the juvenile justice system within one year.xxviii District costs: Lost revenue due to lower attendance rates that result from out-of-school suspensions and expulsions cost the district in Average Daily Attendance (ADA); In one year, Fresno Unified students missed 32,180 days of school due to suspensionxxix costing the district an estimated $1,029,760.xxx,xxxi In one year, Fresno Unified students missed 32,180 days of school due to suspension Societal costs: Harsh discipline policies lead to increased costs to Fresno taxpayers. The 827 drop outs from the class of 2011,xxxii will cost Fresno, California and the Federal Government roughly $324 million in lost tax revenue, increased dependency on safety net programs, and costs associated with crime and incarceration.xxxiii,xxxiv Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD 3 Shifting Away from Harsh Discipline Policies and Towards Restorative Practices In articulating a vision for a new discipline system, Fresno Unified’s Graduation Task Force noted that a discipline system should: restore healthy interactions; help participants learn from their mistakes; develop new opportunities for adults working with students to listen to students’ sides of the story; and implement effective responses to reduce misbehavior.xxxv Restorative Justice (RJ) is one approach that meets this vision.xxxvi The intent of Restorative Justice practices are to keep students in school and on track to graduate by providing a framework focused on prevention and early intervention. This approach recognizes that misconduct damages relationships between the victim, offender, and the community and instead promotes the opportunity to learn, repair harm and restore relationships.xxxvii Specifically, RJ subscribes to six key areas of practice, including: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Accountability and continuous improvement; Relationships and community building; Defining and teaching expectations; Facilitating communication between families and schools; Interventions for misconduct; and Use of data and problem solving.xxxviii Successfully implemented RJ models lead to a reduction of suspensions and expulsions. Consequently, Restorative Justice practices can: (1) boost student attendance; (2) increase academic performance; According to the Task Force, an (3) create more positive relationships between students effective discipline system “must and staff; and (4) increase graduation rates.xxxix With minimal upfront costs, schools and districts across the state have demonstrated that alternative discipline systems, like RJ, can lead to, “cost savings and funding increases as attendance and achievement rates improve and out-of-school suspensions decrease.”xl Below are some examples of the ways in which RJ practices are being implemented in districts across the state. restore healthy interactions, help participants learn from their mistakes, and connect students and adults with the supports they need to keep all students in school on target to graduate.” San Francisco Unified School District In 2009, San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) adopted district-wide Restorative Practices (RP) policiesxli,xlii with a cost that averaged $5,800 per school site.xliii,xliv Funds were used to train 1,250 employees and included trainings, professional development presentations, and consultants.xlv,xlvi As a result of their RP policies, the district cut suspensions from 4,341 in 2007-08 to 2,802 in 2010-11.xlvii Additionally, by decreasing non-mandatory referrals for expulsion (i.e., offenses for which an expulsion Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD 4 is not required by law) by more than 60%, the district increased students instruction time and saved ADA dollars because while referrals are unlikely to lead to expulsion, they do result in weeks of missed instruction time.xlviii An example of success is Rosa Parks Elementary, which nearly eliminated suspensions while increasing the school’s Academic Performance Index (API) score from 713 in 2009 to 792 in 2012.xlix,l Oakland Unified School District In 2010, Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) passed a resolution to adopt a district-wide Restorative Justice (RJ) policy,li with an initial school cost of $40,000 to $50,000 per year to fund an RJ Coordinator at each sitelii and two-day annual staff trainings.liii Examples of successful outcomes in the district include: a 46% decrease in out-of-school suspensions at Castlemont High School;liv an 87% decline in suspensions and elimination of expulsions at Cole Middle School;lv and the elimination of disproportionate suspensions and expulsions for African American students at United For Success Academy.lvi West Contra Costa Unified School District With support from the Catholic Charities of the East Bay, Richmond High School adopted a Restorative School Discipline Program, which incorporates restorative circle conflict resolution,lvii,lviii as well as a “youth court” system.lix,lx The initial cost of this model was approximately $65,000 a year to cover training expenses and three days of coaching support each week to build capacity within the school.lxi As a result of their new discipline system, Richmond High School saw a 60% reduction in school suspensions, from 1,333 in 2005 to 536 in 2010.lxii The success of the Richmond High pilot has prompted West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) to expand restorative practices to nine additional schools.lxiii Financing Options Below are some funding opportunities available to help fund new school discipline policies. The sources below have been used by districts and schools across California, including: Vallejo Unified, Pioneer High School, and Garfield High School, to help fund Restorative Justice and other alternatives to harsh discipline policies. Federal Funding Sources • • • • • • Title I, Part A Safe Schools/Healthy Students Initiative School Improvement Grants (SIG) California Services for Technical Assistance and Training (CALSTAT) Race to the Top Grants Economic Impact Aid Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD State Funding Sources • • School Safety and Violence Prevention Act, California School Block Safety Grant Mental Health Services Act, Prop 63 Private Funding Sources • • The California Endowment Open Society Foundations 5 Restorative Justice practices offer a promising solution in accordance with the district’s goal of increasing “the number of students who stay in school and on target to graduate”. For more information on funding and implementing alternative discipline policies visit: www.fixschooldiscipline.org i Children Now analysis of data from the California Department of Education, DataQuest, “Enrollment by Ethnicity for 2011-12” for Fresno Unified. <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest>. Accessed February 25, 2013. ii Children Now analysis of data from California Department of Education, Educational Demographics Unit. DataQuest, Create Your Own Report, “Free or Reduced Price Meals” for Fresno Unified. <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest> Accessed February 25, 2013. iii Children Now analysis of data from the California Department of Education, DataQuest, Fresno Unified District “Language Group Data - Districtwide for 2011 - 12” for Fresno Unified. <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest>. Accessed February 25, 2013. iv Children Now analysis of data from the California Department of Education, DataQuest, Special Education Enrollment by Age and Disability, 2011-12 for Fresno Unified.“<http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest>. Accessed February 25, 2013. v Children Now analysis of data from the California Department of Education, DataQuest, “Enrollment by Ethnicity for 2011-12”fore Fresno Unified. <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest>. Accessed February 25, 2013. vi Children Now analysis of data from California Department of Education, DataQuest, “Cohort Outcome Summary for the Class of 2011-12” <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest>. Accessed February 25, 2013. vii Children Now analysis of data from the California Department of Education, DataQuest, “Enrollment by Ethnicity for 2011-12”fore Fresno Unified. <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest>. Accessed February 25, 2013. viii Teske, Steven, MA, JD. “A Study of Zero Tolerance Policies in Schools: A Multi-Integrated Systems Approach to Improve Outcomes for Adolescents.” Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing. p. 88. ix Losen, Daniel J., Tia Martinez, and Jon Gillespie. "Suspended Education in California." 2012. Center for Civil Rights Remedies. The Civil Rights Project at University of California, Los Angeles. <http://civilrightsproject.ucla.edu/research/k-12-education/school-discipline/suspended-education-incalifornia/SuspendedEd-final3.pdf>. Accessed September 15, 2012. x Daniel J. Losen, et. al. 2012. xi Children Now analysis of data provided by California Department of Education, Office of the Director, Educational Data Management Division, District, School & Innovation Branch, data on total expulsions and total expulsions coded as willful defiance, 2011. June 2012. xii Baron, Kathryn. "Racial disparity in school discipline: Harsher punishment for blacks, Hispanics". Thoughts on Public Education. 2012. <http://toped.svefoundation.org/2012/03/07/racial-disparity-in-ca-school-discipline/> Accessed September 15, 2012. xiii Kathryn Baron, 2012. xiv Children Now analysis of data provided by California Department of Education, Office of the Director, Educational Data Management Division, District, School & Innovation Branch, data on total expulsions xiv and total expulsions coded as willful defiance, 2011. June 2012. xv Children Now analysis of data provided by California Department of Education, Office of the Director, Educational Data Management Division, District, School & Innovation Branch, data on total suspensions and suspensions for each education code, 2010-11 Accessed June 2012. xvi California Education Code Section 48900-48927. Legislative Counsel. www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgibin/displaycode?section=edc&group=48001-49000&file=48900-48927 Accessed October 11, 2012. xvii Fresno Unified, “Summary Report of Suspensions-End of School Year.” 2009-10. xviii Daniel J. Losen, et. al. 2012. xix Children Now analysis of data from U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights “Out of School Suspensions in 2009.” <http://ocrdata.ed.gov/Page?t=d&eid=26746&syk=5&pid=559#>. Accessed March 4, 2013. xx Fresno Unified, “Summary Report of Suspensions-End of School Year.” 2009-10. xxi Ibid. Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD 6 xxii Escobedo, D. and Faer, L. “Fix School Discipline: Statewide Reforms and Next Steps.” Youth Law Center and Public Counsel Law Center. January 25, 2013 Webinar. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vx4kJoo7Ik0>. Accessed March 1, 2013. xxiii Fix School Discipline. “Bill Would Limit Category Used in 40% of California Suspensions” February 28, 2013. <http://www.fixschooldiscipline.org/2013/02/bill-would-limit-category-used-in-40-of-california-suspensions/>. Accessed March 1, 2013. xxiv FUSD, “Graduation Task Force Recommendations Report.” June 6, 2012. xxv Ibid. xxvi Daniel J. Losen, et. al. 2012. xxvii Children Now analysis of Cohort Outcome Summary data, County Level Analysis of Graduation Data from the California Department of Education, DataQuest <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest>. 2011. Accessed February 25, 2013. xxviii Daniel J. Losen, et. al. 2012. xxix FUSD, “Summary Report of Suspensions - End of School Year.” 2010. xxx Dollar amount based upon an estimate of $32/day as included in FUSD” Student Attendance Fact Sheet.” <http://www.fresnounified.org/dept/communications/public/Fact%20Sheets/Student%20Attendance.pdf>. xxxi Estimated costs based on a 180 day school year, with a cost of $32/day. xxxii Children Now analysis of data from the California Department of Education, Educational Demographics Unit, California Longitudinal Pupil Achievement Data System (CALPADS), “Cohort Outcome Data for the Class of 201011.” <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest>. Accessed November 12, 2012. xxxiii Belfield, Clive R. and Levin, Henry M. "The Economic Losses from High School Dropouts in California." California Dropout Research Project. UC Santa Barbara. 2007. <www.cbcse.org/media/download_gallery/Belfield%20and%20Levin--CDRPPolicy%20Brief%201.pdf>. Accessed September 10, 2012. xxxiv Students who dropped out in 2011 (827) multiplied by $391,910 in total economic losses including federal, state and local taxes equals $982,370,000. xxxv FUSD, “Graduation Task Force Recommendations Report.” June 6, 2012. xxxvi Michael D. Sumner, PhD., Silverman, Carol J. PhD., Frampton, Mary Louise, JD. “School-based restorative justice as an alternative to zero-tolerance policies: Lessons from West Oakland” 2010. Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice, University of California, Berkeley, School of Law. xxxvi There are a number of promising models for school discipline including Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports (PBIS) and Social and Emotional Learning (SEL). PBIS focuses on promoting social skills and reinforcing positive behaviors in students. SEL focuses on developing the individual qualities, strengths, and assets of a child related to social, emotional, cognitive, and moral development and positive mental health. xxxvi Fix School Discipline. “Social Emotional Learning.” <www.fixschooldiscipline.org/toolkit/sel/>. xxxvii Michael D. Sumner, et. al., 2010. xxxviii Resolution of the Board of Education of the Oakland Unified School District. Restorative Justice. <www.ousd.k12.ca.us/cms/lib07/ca01001176/centricity/domain/88/Board_Resolution_RJ_final.pdf>. Accessed February 25, 2013. xxxix Human Impact Partners, “Health Impact Assessment of School Discipline Policies: A Health Impact Assessment of Status—Quo Discipline, Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports, and Restorative Justice Policies in Three California School Districts.” 2012. xl “Fix School Discipline: How We Can Fix School Discipline Toolkit”. 2012. Public Counsel. p. 8. xli Ibid. 68. xlii SFUSD’s RP model builds fair decision-making practices and facilitates students learning to address the impact of their actions through a restorative approach. Students learn to accept accountability and to repair the harm their actions caused, recognize their role in maintaining a safe school environment, and build upon their personal relationships in the school community and recognize their role as a positive contributing member of the school community. xliii Children Now analysis of data from the California Department of Education and Restorative Practices/Positive School Climate: Project Status. March 2011. San Francisco Unified School District. <www.sfusd.edu/en/assets/sfusd-staff/aboutRestorative Justice Practices: FUSD 7 SFUSD/files/initiatives%20and%20plans/files/Restorative%20Practices%20Project%20Status%20Report_Final_040 211.pdf> xliv Adjustment based on SFUSD’s district-wide budget of $665,000 for Restorative Practices, divided into 115 schools in the district. xlv Restorative Practices/Positive School Climate: Project Status. March 2011. San Francisco Unified School District. <www.sfusd.edu/en/assets/sfusd-staff/aboutSFUSD/files/initiatives%20and%20plans/files/Restorative%20Practices%20Project%20Status%20Report_Final_040 211.pdf> xlvi The budget includes $183,000 for salaries and benefit, $117,000 for books and supplies, and $365,000 for consultants. Restorative Practices/Positive School Climate: Project Status. March 2011. San Francisco Unified School District. <www.sfusd.edu/en/assets/sfusd-staff/aboutSFUSD/files/initiatives%20and%20plans/files/Restorative%20Practices%20Project%20Status%20Report_Final_040 211.pdf> xlvi SFUSD Restorative Practices costs and implementation resulted in 37 RP trainings for 1250 participants as well as 71 RP Professional Development and School Site Presentations in 2011-12 Restorative Justice Newsletter- May 2012. San Francisco Unified School District. Accessed February 25, 2013. xlvi <www.healthiersf.org/Programs/PS/Restorative%20Justice/documents/RP%20MS%20newsletter%20May%202012.pdf> xlvii Children Now analysis of data from the California Department of Education, DataQuest. “San Francisco Unified Expulsion, Suspension, and Truancy Information” for 2007-08, 2010-11. <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/>, Accessed February 25, 2012. xlviii Crawford, Amy. "San Francisco schools work with kids to cut suspensions, expulsions" August 2011. The SF Examiner. <www.sfexaminer.com/local/2011/08/san-francisco-schools-work-kids-cut-suspensionsexpulsions#ixzz2LwWcs5X> Accessed February 25, 2013. xlix Children Now analysis of data from California Department of Education, Analysis, Measurement, & Accountability Reporting Division. 2008-09 and 2011-12 Accountability Progress Reporting, Academic Performance Index Report and from the California Department of Education, DataQuest. Rosa Parks Elementary Expulsion, Suspension, and Truancy Information for 2008-09 and, 2010-11. l Between 2008-09 and 2010-11, Rosa Parks Elementary saw suspensions decline from 40 to 5. li "OUSD Restorative Justice" January 11, 2013. Oakland Unified School District. <www.ousd.k12.ca.us/Page/1048> Accessed February 25, 2013. li Restorative Justice forges strong and healthy relationships between students and faculty while emphasizing the use of conflict resolution strategies as a means to handle disagreements. The District started pilot programs in 1012 schools and has also started to adopt PBIS. lii David Yusem, Program Manager, Restorative Justice, Family, Schools, & Community Partnerships, Oakland Unified School District. February 25, 2013. liii Oakland Unified School District Family, School, and Community Partnerships Department Whole School Restorative Justice. Accessed January 25, 2013. liii www.ousd.k12.ca.us/cms/lib07/CA01001176/Centricity/Domain/134/Whole_School_Restorative_Justice_info_s heet_FINAL.pdf Yearly cost includes the cost of teacher substitutes. These costs are nominal compared to the district financial loss of approximately $160,000 related to ADA just from OUSD African American male suspensions resulting in combined total of 5,869 days in 2010-2011.“African American Male Achievement Initiative: A Closer Look at Suspensions of African American Males in OUSD” May 2012. Urban Strategies Council. liv "OUSD Restorative Justice" January 11, 2013. Oakland Unified School District. <www.ousd.k12.ca.us/Page/1048> Accessed February 25, 2013. lv Michael D. Sumner, et. al., 2010. lvi "Highlight on: RJOY and Oakland Unified School District". Fix School Discipline. <www.fixschooldiscipline.org/toolkit/rjoy/> Accessed February 25, 2013. lvii Youth Community Violence Prevention Program. Catholic Charities of the East Bay. www.cceb.org/programs/youth-community-violence-prevention-program.htm Accessed November 12, 2012. Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD 8 lviii Their approach focuses on forging healthy, supportive relationships in and out of the classroom. The schools staff organizes restorative circles, which includes student offenders and works with them to implement restitution plans. By facilitating conflict resolution among students, the school also emphasizes personal accountability. lix Robyn Gee. "Calif. Schools Try Out a Gentler Form of Discipline" 2012. Youth Radio. National Public Radio. lx As part of the RJ program, Richmond High School adopted a “youth court” system. In this program, conflicts are managed by a student jury and student-led prosecutions and defenses. In a court hearing, the jury decides on appropriate consequences after listening to both sides. Instead of being suspended or expelled, students are held accountable by other opportunities to make amends for damages, such as apologizing, attending tutoring classes, going to Saturday school, or the honor of serving on the jury for youth court for future cases. This teaches students to learn valuable conflict-management skills and take responsibility for their actions. lxi “Fix School Discipline: How We Can Fix School Discipline Toolkit”. 2012. Public Counsel. p. 38. lxii Children Now analysis of data from the California Department of Education, Educational Demographics Unit, “West Contra Costa Unified Expulsion, Suspension, and Truancy Information” for 2009-10 and 2004-05. <http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/>, Accessed September 15, 2012. lxiii Burns, Millie. “Highlight on Catholic Charities of the East Bay, Millie Burns and West Contra Costa Unified School District”. Fix School Discipline. <www.fixschooldiscipline.org/toolkit/cc-wcchusd/> Accessed January 25, 2013. Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD 9 APPENDIX I BULLARD HIGH SCHOOL PYRAMID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Figarden Elementary Forkner Elementary Gibson Elementary Kratt Elementary Lawless Elementary Malloch Elementary Starr Elementary Pyramid Elementary School Total District Elementary School Total Enrollment 676 428 506 510 659 402 403 3,584 41,193 Total Suspensions 35 24 34 40 53 21 15 222 5,751 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 0 3 0 3 3 3 0 12 469 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 26% 38% 24% 18% 19% 14% 7% 21% 35% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 18 597 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 24% 46% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 45 887 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 59 494 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 37% 37% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 94 4,192 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 89 1,560 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 29% 39% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 9 6 8 4 7 0 1 35 1,526 MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Tenaya Middle District Middle School Total Enrollment 918 10,573 Total Suspensions 131 5,138 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 14 1,779 HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Bullard High District High School Total Enrollment 2,610 22,809 Total Suspensions 283 3,764 TOTAL SUSPENSIONS Totals Pyramid Total District Total Enrollment 7,112 74,575 Total Suspensions 636 14,653 Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD Appendix: 1 APPENDIX I EDISON HIGH SCHOOL PYRAMID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Columbia Elementary King Elementary Kirk Elementary Lincoln Elementary Lowell Elementary Pyramid Elementary School Total District Elementary School Total Enrollment 570 418 317 519 444 2,268 41,193 Total Suspensions 270 49 49 54 54 476 5,751 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 14 3 1 3 2 23 469 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 38% 49% 31% 52% 31% 39% 35% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 3 73 70 42 84 272 597 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 24% 59% 53% 51% 51% 52% 46% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 178 887 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 53 494 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 55% 37% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 1,203 4,192 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 348 1,560 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 51% 39% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 89 21 14 25 15 164 1,526 MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Carver Academy Fort Miller Middle* Scandinavian Middle* Tehipite Middle* Tioga Middle* Pyramid Middle School Total District Middle School Total Enrollment 108 854 632 507 798 2,899 10,573 Total Suspensions 54 421 392 435 870 2,172 5,138 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 10 176 139 180 356 861 1,779 HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Edison High District High School Total Enrollment 2,246 22,809 Total Suspensions 421 3,764 TOTAL SUSPENSIONS Totals Enrollment 7,413 Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 District Total 74,575 Total Suspensions 3,069 14,653 * Middle schools feed into multiple high schools Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD Appendix: 2 APPENDIX I FRESNO HIGH SCHOOL PYRAMID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Addams Elementary Del Mar Elementary Fremont Elementary Hamilton Elementary Heaton Elementary Homan Elementary Muir Elementary Powers-Ginsburg Elementary Roeding Elementary Slater Elementary Williams Elementary Wilson Elementary Pyramid Elementary School Total District Elementary School Total Enrollment 875 648 490 849 557 603 504 491 647 755 638 717 7,774 41,193 Total Suspensions 264 116 46 112 51 208 39 81 24 227 220 255 1,643 5,751 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 35 9 4 10 2 18 7 14 0 26 24 9 158 469 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 36% 38% 26% 32% 16% 58% 44% 38% 33% 37% 29% 25% 36% 35% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 73 42 47 162 597 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 59% 51% 46% 52% 46% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 163 887 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 141 494 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 36% 37% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 1,066 4,192 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 461 1,560 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 41% 39% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 61 35 8 26 6 103 10 17 8 58 40 55 427 1,526 MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Fort Miller Middle* Tehipite Middle* Wawona Middle Pyramid Middle School Total District Middle School Total Enrollment 854 507 988 2,349 10,573 Total Suspensions 421 435 364 1,220 5,138 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 176 180 120 476 1,779 HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Enrollment Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 2,575 District High School Total 22,809 Total Suspensions 849 3,764 TOTAL SUSPENSIONS Pyramid Total District Total Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD Enrollment 12,698 74,575 Total Suspensions 3,712 14,653 Appendix: 3 APPENDIX I HOOVER HIGH SCHOOL PYRAMID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Eaton Elementary Holland Elementary McCardle Elementary Pyle Elementary Robinson Elementary Thomas Elementary Viking Elementary Vinland Elementary Wolters Elementary Pyramid Elementary School Total District Elementary School Total Enrollment 435 507 471 695 432 686 740 657 563 5,186 41,193 Total Suspensions 18 189 51 175 72 154 48 117 78 902 5,751 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 4 5 13 8 7 10 9 3 0 59 469 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 44% 45% 39% 18% 25% 33% 65% 15% 44% 33% 35% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 21 84 105 597 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 32% 51% 47% 46% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 32 887 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 43 494 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 25% 37% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 670 4,192 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 207 1,560 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 38% 39% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 4 80 7 23 11 41 22 14 34 236 1,526 MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Ahwahnee Middle Tioga Middle* Pyramid Middle School Total District Middle School Total Enrollment 686 798 1,484 10,573 Total Suspensions 208 870 1,078 5,138 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 46 356 402 1,779 HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Herbert Hoover High District High School Total Enrollment 2,006 22,809 Total Suspensions 303 3,764 TOTAL SUSPENSIONS Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions,Enrollment 2010-2011 Pyramid Total 8,676 District Total 74,575 Total Suspensions 2,283 14,653 Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD Appendix: 4 APPENDIX I McLANE HIGH SCHOOL PYRAMID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Anthony Elementary Birney Elementary Centennial Elementary Ericson Elementary Ewing Elementary Hidalgo Elementary Mayfair Elementary Norseman Elementary Webster Elementary Wishon Elementary Yokomi Elementary Pyramid Elementary School Total District Elementary School Total Enrollment 378 796 772 654 688 792 725 870 428 630 872 7,605 41,193 Total Suspensions 69 46 80 88 63 61 68 264 95 83 105 1,022 5,751 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 4 6 8 11 3 9 6 25 4 14 10 100 469 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 23% 41% 35% 36% 22% 38% 35% 36% 40% 43% 28% 35% 35% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 70 42 84 37 233 597 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 53% 51% 51% 36% 49% 46% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 139 887 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 52 494 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 37% 37% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 1,167 4,192 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 385 1,560 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 43% 39% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 12 13 20 21 11 14 18 69 34 22 19 253 1,526 MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Scandinavian Middle* Tehipite Middle* Tioga Middle* Yosemite Middle* Pyramid Middle School Total District Middle School Total Enrollment 632 507 798 619 2,556 10,573 Total Suspensions 392 435 870 381 2,078 5,138 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 139 180 356 100 775 1,779 HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Enrollment Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 2,400 District High School Total 22,809 Total Suspensions 517 3,764 TOTAL SUSPENSIONS Pyramid Total District Total Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD Enrollment 12,561 74,575 Total Suspensions 3,617 14,653 Appendix: 5 APPENDIX I ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL PYRAMID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Burroughs Elementary Calwa Elementary Jackson Elementary Jefferson Elementary Lane Elementary Ann B. Leavenworth Rowell Elementary Vang Pao Elementary Winchell Elementary Pyramid Elementary School Total District Elementary School Total Enrollment 748 691 501 483 666 772 783 705 757 6,106 41,193 Total Suspensions 73 55 103 24 169 93 41 78 62 698 5,751 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 16 2 1 2 24 0 3 6 4 58 469 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 45% 15% 64% 13% 50% 30% 24% 17% 24% 37% 35% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 54 69 42 33 37 235 597 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 47% 44% 51% 44% 36% 45% 46% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 78 887 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 56 494 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 36% 37% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 1,041 4,192 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 349 1,560 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 42% 39% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 17 6 65 1 61 28 7 7 11 203 1,526 MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Kings Canyon Middle* Sequoia Middle* Tehipite Middle* Terronez Middle* Yosemite Middle* Pyramid Middle School Total District Middle School Total Enrollment 897 855 507 817 619 3,695 10,573 Total Suspensions 464 404 435 548 381 2,232 5,138 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 166 108 180 206 100 760 1,779 HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Enrollment Roosevelt High 2,334 Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 22,809 Total Suspensions 371 3,764 TOTAL SUSPENSIONS Totals District Total Enrollment 12,135 74,575 Total Suspensions 3,301 14,653 * Middle schools feed into multiple high schools Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD Appendix: 6 APPENDIX I SUNNYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL PYRAMID ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Ayer Elementary Aynesworth Elementary David L. Greenberg Elementary Easterby Elementary Edith B. Storey Elementary Ezekiel Balderas Elementary Mario G. Olmos Elementary Molly S. Bakman Elementary Turner Elementary Pyramid Elementary School Total District Elementary School Total Enrollment 681 628 554 609 793 636 741 759 665 6,066 41,193 Total Suspensions 109 24 35 75 107 128 32 76 108 694 5,751 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 10 4 12 29 28 20 5 21 51 180 1,526 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 9 0 0 6 7 18 4 8 6 58 469 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 17% 17% 34% 47% 33% 30% 28% 38% 53% 34% 35% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 54 69 33 156 597 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 47% 44% 44% 45% 46% MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Kings Canyon Middle* Sequoia Middle* Terronez Middle* Pyramid Middle School Total District Middle School Total Enrollment 897 855 817 2,569 10,573 Total Suspensions 464 404 548 1,416 5,138 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 166 108 206 480 1,779 HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Sunnyside High District High School Total Enrollment 3,229 22,809 Total Suspensions 246 3,764 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 59 887 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 10 494 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 28% 37% Total Suspensions 2,356 14,653 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 719 4,192 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 224 1,560 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 40% 39% Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 Totals Pyramid Total District Total Enrollment 11,864 74,575 * Middle schools feed into multiple high schools Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD Appendix: 7 APPENDIX I FUSD PYRAMID TOTALS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSPENSION TOTALS Elementary School Totals Bullard High School Pyramid Edison High School Pyramid Fresno High School Pyramid Hoover High School Pyramid McLane High School Pyramid Roosevelt High School Pyramid Sunnyside High School Pyramid District Elementary School Total* Enrollment 3,584 2,268 7,774 5,186 7,605 6,106 6,066 41,193 Total Suspensions 222 476 1,643 902 1,022 698 694 5,751 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 35 164 427 236 253 203 180 1,526 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 12 23 158 59 100 58 58 469 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 21% 39% 36% 33% 35% 37% 34% 35% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 18 272 162 105 233 235 156 597 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 24% 52% 52% 47% 49% 45% 45% 46% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 59 53 141 43 52 56 10 494 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 37% 55% 36% 25% 37% 36% 28% 37% Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 89 348 461 207 385 349 224 1,560 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 29% 51% 41% 38% 43% 42% 40% 39% MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSPENSION TOTALS Middle School Totals Bullard High School Pyramid Edison High School Pyramid Fresno High School Pyramid Hoover High School Pyramid McLane High School Pyramid Roosevelt High School Pyramid Sunnyside High School Pyramid District Middle School Total* Enrollment 918 2,899 2,349 1,484 2,556 3,695 2,569 10,573 Total Suspensions 131 2,172 1,220 1,078 2,078 2,232 1,416 5,138 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 14 861 476 402 775 760 480 1,779 HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSION TOTALS High School Totals Enrollment Bullard High School Pyramid 2,610 Edison High School Pyramid 2,246 Fresno High School Pyramid 2,575 2,006 Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 McLane High School Pyramid 2,400 Roosevelt High School Pyramid 2,334 Sunnyside High School Pyramid 3,229 22,809 Total Suspensions 283 421 849 303 517 371 246 3,764 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 45 178 163 32 139 78 59 887 PYRAMID SUSPENSION TOTALS Pyramid Totals Bullard High School Pyramid Edison High School Pyramid Fresno High School Pyramid Hoover High School Pyramid McLane High School Pyramid Roosevelt High School Pyramid Sunnyside High School Pyramid District Total* Enrollment 7,112 7,413 12,698 8,676 12,561 12,135 11,864 74,575 Total Suspensions 636 3,069 3,712 2,283 3,617 3,301 2,356 14,653 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 94 1,203 1,066 670 1,167 1,041 719 4,192 *Pyramid totals and district totals will not be equal because a) 8 middle schools feed into more than one high school and are therefore counted more than once, b) district totals include Charter, Magnet, Alternative, and Special Education schools. Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD Appendix: 8 APPENDIX I CHARTER / MAGNET / ALTERNATIVE / SPECIAL EDUCATION SCHOOLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Bullard Talent Project Irwin O. Addicot Elementary Manchester Gate Morris E. Dailey Charter Elementary Phoenix Elementary Academy Community Day Sunset Elementary Valley Arts and Science Academy Valley Preparatory Academy Charter Elementary School Total Charter/Magnet/Alternative/Special Education District Elementary School Total Enrollment 768 42 735 219 46 235 275 284 Total Suspensions 62 0 3 14 11 4 0 0 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 17 0 0 7 4 0 0 0 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 27% 0% 0% 57% 36% 0% 0% 0% 2,604 94 28 1 31% 41,193 5,751 1,526 469 35% Enrollment 603 505 786 Total Suspensions 106 344 16 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 40 118 0 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 21 25 0 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 58% 42% 0% 1,894 466 158 46 44% 10,573 5,138 1,779 597 46% Total Suspensions 152 149 67 13 188 79 13 0 0 105 0 0 8 Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" 30 16 1 6 40 11 0 0 0 89 0 0 0 Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" 28 22 9 0 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity 38% 26% 15% 46% 30% 20% 0% 0% 0% 85% 0% 0% 0% 774 193 80 35% 3,764 887 494 37% Suspensions for "Willful Defiance" Suspensions for "Profanity/ Obsenity" % of total that are Willful Defiance & Profanity/Obsenity MIDDLE SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Baird Middle Cooper Middle Edison Computech Middle Schools Total Charter/Magnet/Alternative/Special Education District Middle School Total HIGH SCHOOL SUSPENSIONS Schools Enrollment Cambridge Continuation High 411 Carter G. Woodson Public Charter 433 Dakota Campus 49 Design Science Early College High 243 276 Source: California Department of Education, FUSD Suspensions, 2010-2011 Erma Duncan Polytechnical High 1,005 Florence E. Rata 65 Fresno Academy for Civic and Entrepreneurial 83 65 School of Unlimited Learning 228 Sierra Charter 715 University High 479 Young Academic Center 1,357 High Schools Total 5,409 Charter/Magnet/Alternative/Special Education District High School Total 22,809 TOTAL SUSPENSIONS Totals Total - Charter/Magnet/Alternative/Special Education District Total Restorative Justice Practices: FUSD Enrollment Total Suspensions 9,907 1,334 379 127 38% 74,575 14,653 4,192 1,560 39% Appendix: 9