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SCC Board of Education, CA Superintendent of Education Elected Board Members: Subject: 2011-2012 Suspension and Expulsion Data Within the past year, or so, the California Department of Education (CA.DoE) has been increasing the data that has been captured from various reporting requirements of the State to local school districts, making new datasets now available to the public. Remembering back to my own public school days, no such data was availableso virtually everyone under the jurisdictions of the public school system was unaware of any suspensions/expulsionsother than perhaps to people close to those disciplined who might know the details of the particular disciplinary action. Today, we are truly blessed to live in a day where the Internet offers us a low cost publication system for data such as this, and a growing openness to reveal to the public what is going on behind the generally closed doors of the public education system. The Suspensions/Expulsions data was downloaded, and a simple database constructed that allowed data to be extracted from the archive for detailed review. This paper offers a look at the statewide data, the county data, and the school districts in the Santa Clara County public education system. Statewide Disciplinary Actions Involving Suspensions/Expulsions--By Race
Discipline Type: Expulsion District State State State State State State State State State Group/Race Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total Number 44 158 273 59 74 5476 1336 2151 187 9758 Percent 0.5% 1.6% 2.8% 0.6% 0.8% 56.1% 13.7% 22.0% 1.9% 100.0%
Discipline Type: In-School Suspension Entity Group/Race State Not Reported American State Indian State Asian State Pacific Islander State Filipino State Hispanic African State American State White State 2-More Races Total Discipline Type: Out-School Suspension Entity Group/Race State Not Reported American State Indian State Asian State Pacific Islander State Filipino State Hispanic African State American State White State 2-More Races Total
Number 842 2122 2781 1146 1237 95470 27534 36284 3033 170449
Percent 0.5% 1.2% 1.6% 0.7% 0.7% 56.0% 16.2% 21.3% 1.8% 100.0%
Number 3213 7081 11544 3671 4438 284198 106531 107455 11016 539147
Percent 0.6% 1.3% 2.1% 0.7% 0.8% 52.7% 19.8% 19.9% 2.0% 100.0%
California Public Schools Demographic Data Additional data fields have been added to database query results which provide a certain value added view of the CA.DoE data, based on student demographics-Number of Schools Enrollment
10,296
6,220,993
California Statewide Student Demographics Number of Group/Race Percent Students American Indian 0.70% 43,547 Asian 8.60% 535,005 Pacific Islander 0.60% 37,326 Filipino 2.50% 155,525 Hispanic 52% 3,234,916 African American 6.50% 404,365 White 26% 1,617,458 2-More Races 2.10% 130,641
O-D3
17 9 3 3 354
91 111 17
District State State State State State State State State State
Group Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Total 842 2122 2781 1146 1237 95470 27534 36284 3033 170449
Discipline Type I I I I I I I I I
ViolenceNo-Inj 130 320 445 158 216 12116 4263 5649 530
O-D656
Entity State State State State State State State State State
Group/Race Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Total 3213 7081 11544 3671 4438 284198 106531 107455 11016 539147
Discipline Type O O O O O O O O O
Drugs 290 548 1158 352 511 28964 5297 10623 890
ViolenceWith Inj. 351 615 1146 391 475 23011 11075 9747 1007
ViolenceNo-Inj 1174 2392 4130 1332 1496 98230 42539 37737 4149
O-ND 188 311 923 285 344 16043 4793 6246 580
O-D1132
Entity Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County
Group/Race Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Weapons 0 0 1 0 1 5 0 3 0
Drugs 0 1 15 1 10 65 6 16 1
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 1 7 0 3 44 9 11 3
ViolenceNo-Inj 4 2 33 5 15 299 27 59 5
O-ND 0 0 9 1 10 70 7 12 1
Entity Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County Santa Clara County
Group/Race Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White
Weapons 1 6 59 13 27 393 23 79
269 20911
40
44
78
22
76
Total Actions 23974 Santa Clara County Disciplinary Actions, By School District and By Race.
District: Alum Rock Union Elementary Discipline Type E I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 * * * 0 100 * * 0 ViolenceNo-Inj 1 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 * * * * 308 15 * *
Group/Race Hispanic American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * 0 47 * * 0
Drugs 1 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 53 * * 0
O-N-D 0 0 0 0 0 7 * * 0 0 * * * 72 7 * *
O-D-O 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 1 0 0 7 2 1 247 5 1 1
District Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary Berryessa Union Elementary
Group/Race Asian Filipino Hispanic White Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E E E E I I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O O
Weapons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * * 0 * 0
Drugs 1 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 12 0 * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 15 * * 39 * * 0
District Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian Cambrian
Group/Race Not Reported Asian Pacific Islander Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported Asian Pacific Islander Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * 35 * 42 * 77
Discipline Type I I I I I I I O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0
Drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * * * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0
District Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union Campbell Union
Group Hispanic White Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E E I I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O O
Weapons 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * * * * * 0
Drugs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * * * * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 36 * 13 0
District Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High Campbell Union High
Group American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 * 0 * 18 * * *
Drugs 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 * * 0 * 128 17 90 12
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 * * 0 60 * 31 *
District
Group
Total
Discipline Type
Weapons
Drugs
ViolenceWith Inj.
Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union Cupertino Union
Asian Hispanic White American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
E E E I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O
1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 * 0 * 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 * * * 0
3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 * 0
District East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High East Side Union High
Group Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E E E E I I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 * 11 0 * 42 * * 0
Drugs 3 0 0 11 0 0 * * * 25 * * * * * 42 * 19 390 44 45 *
District Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary Evergreen Elementary
Group Hispanic Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O
Weapons 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * * 0 0
Drugs 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * 0 15 0 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * * * 31 * *
District Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary Franklin-McKinley Elementary
Group American Indian Asian Hispanic African American White American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E E E E E I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O
Weapons 1 1 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 * * * 0 35 0 0 0
Drugs 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 42 * * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 1 2 0 0 0 * 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 * * * 48 * * 0
District Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High Fremont Union High
Group Asian Hispanic White American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races
Total 1 8 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 46 1 0 195 4 96 1
Discipline Type E E E I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * * 0 * 0
Drugs 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 16 0 * 66 * 39 *
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * 0 * 25 * * 0
Total
District Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified Gilroy Unified
Group Hispanic African American Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Weapons 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * 0 0 37 0 * *
Drugs 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 95 * 13 0
District Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary Loma Prieta Joint Union Elementary
Total 0 * 0
Discipline Type I O
Weapons 0 0
Drugs 0 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0
District Los Altos Elementary Los Altos Elementary Los Altos Elementary Los Altos Elementary Los Altos Elementary Los Altos Elementary Los Altos Elementary Los Altos Elementary
Group Not Reported Asian Hispanic White Not Reported Asian Hispanic White Total
Total 0 0 * * * * * * 5
Discipline Type I I I I O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0
Drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 *
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary Los Gatos Union Elementary
Group American Indian Asian Hispanic African American White 2-More Races American Indian Asian Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * * 28 * 28
Discipline Type I I I I I I O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * *
District Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High
Group Hispanic White Asian Hispanic White 2-More Races Asian Hispanic White 2-More Races Total
Total 1 5 * 0 * 0 * * 53 * 59
Discipline Type E E I I I I O O O O
Weapons 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 * * 0
Drugs 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 * * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * *
District Luther Burbank Luther Burbank Luther Burbank Luther Burbank Luther Burbank Luther Burbank
Group Hispanic African American White Hispanic African American White Total
Total 0 0 0 33 0 1 34
Discipline Type I I I O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 * 0 0
Drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 * 0 *
District Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified Milpitas Unified
Group Asian Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E E E E E E I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O
Weapons 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 * * 0 * 0 0 * * * * * * *
Drugs 1 2 2 0 2 0 * * 0 * 23 * * 0 0 * * * * * * *
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 * 0 * * * * 0 0 * 0 * 12 * * *
District Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary Moreland Elementary
Group Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Total 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * * 12 * * 94 * 22 * 128
Discipline Type I I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 18 * 0 0
Drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
District Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman Mountain View Whisman
Group Not Reported Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * *
Drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * *
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 * 0 * * * * * * 13 * * *
District Mountain View-Los Altos Union High Mountain View-Los Altos Union High
Total 0 0
Discipline Type I I
Weapons 0 0
Drugs 0 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0
Mountain View-Los Altos Union High Mountain View-Los Altos Union High Mountain View-Los Altos Union High Mountain View-Los Altos Union High
0 * * * 0
I O O O
0 0 0 *
0 0 * 0
0 * * *
District Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary Mt. Pleasant Elementary
Group Hispanic Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E I I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * 0 * * * 0
Drugs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0
District Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary Oak Grove Elementary
Group Hispanic White Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E E I I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O O
Weapons 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 0 * * * 35 * * *
Drugs 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 26 * * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 * 0 0 29 18 * 0
District Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified Palo Alto Unified
Group Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Total 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 0 0 1 11 1 15 1 47 1 81
Discipline Type I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * *
Drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * * 19 *
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 0 0 * * * * * 0
District
Group
Total
Discipline Type
Weapons
Drugs
ViolenceWith Inj.
San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified San Jose Unified
Not Reported Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
E E E E E I I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O O
0 15 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 78 * 16 *
1 7 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 11 * * 291 22 65 *
0 16 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * 11 * * 238 17 76 *
District Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education Santa Clara County Office of Education
Group Hispanic Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E I I I I I I I O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 11 0 0 0
Drugs 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 35 * * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 1 0 0 0 * 0 * 0 * 0 * 69 * * 0
District Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified Santa Clara Unified
Group White Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported American Indian Asian Pacific Islander Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Discipline Type E I I I I I I I I I O O O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 * 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * 24 * 20 0
Drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 * * 92 19 29 *
District Saratoga Union Elementary Saratoga Union Elementary Saratoga Union Elementary Saratoga Union Elementary Saratoga Union Elementary Saratoga Union Elementary
Group Asian White 2-More Races Asian White 2-More Races Total
Total 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
Discipline Type I I I O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 * 0 0
Drugs 0 0 0 0 0 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 0 0 0 0 0
District Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary Union Elementary
Group Asian Filipino Hispanic White Not Reported Asian Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Not Reported Asian Filipino Hispanic African American White 2-More Races Total
Total 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 39 27 26 1 101
Discipline Type E E E E I I I I I I I O O O O O O O
Weapons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Drugs 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * * * 0
ViolenceWith Inj. 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 * 0 * 0
Notes: 1: * indicates data not released by CA.DoE to prevent possible identification of group with very small number of students. 2: Totals provided by CA.DoE have been modified in this report so that the largest number of Suspensions/Expulsions are reported in this field. Legend: E=Expulsion I=In-house Suspension. O=Out-of-house Suspension O-N-O=Other Defiance Only. O-N-D=Other Not Defiance.
Data Currently Not Available From CA.DoE: To Do: Link API For Each District To Disciplinary Data Link Census Tract Data for Each District To Disciplinary Data. Link ADA/Basic Aid Status to Disciplinary Data. Link Student Enrollment To Disciplinary Data. Normalizing Discipline Data To per-1000 students. Graphic Displays of Discipline Data. Link Bullying Suspension/Expulsion Data to Disciplinary Data. Engage Education Establishment To Provide More Data. Number of education-days involved in Suspensions Number of educations-days involved in Expulsions Number of hours of process involving Administrators/Teachers Preceding Disciplinary actions. Cost of Expulsions/Suspensions in terms of lost ADA funding to schools. Nature of offenses beyond those provided to public in dataset. Number of Unique Individuals Involved in Disciplinary Actions. Number of individuals involved in Multiple Disciplinary Actions. Average GPA of Students Involved in Disciplinary Actions. Data Linking Disciplinary Actions To Dropouts. Immigration status of students Suspended/Expelled. English Language Skills Of Students Suspended/Expelled. Historical Discipline Data. Male/Female ratios of Suspended/Expelled Students. Number of Deaths/Injuries associated with Suspension/Expulsions. Number of Suspensions/Expulsions, by grade.
Questions: Who in State Education Establishment Is Reviewing Statewide Discipline Data? Should Disciplinary Actions Reflect Demographics, or should Disciplinary Actions be Color Blind? Are Disciplinary Actions Reasonable? What Can Be Done To Reduce Disciplinary Actions?
Discussion: The scope of the issues revealed by the data in this report exceeds the possibilities of meaningful discussion at this time, but the following items would necessarily be included in such a discussion- Not enough data to come to any meaningful conclusions about Statewide Disciplinary Issues. Statewide Number of Suspensions/Expulsions about 8.6% of total enrollment, although the number of unique individuals is not known. PAUSD experiences Few Suspensions/Expulsions, compared to other similar/larger school districts. Cost to schools exceeds $44M/day for each day of Suspension/Expulsion, using 2011-2012 Disciplinary Action data. Federal Government involvement in state school administration, such as setting disciplinary action policy.
Conclusions: The release of the Expulsion/Suspension Disciplinary data for the California education system provides an eye-opening window into the public school system that provides meaningful insight into the problems facing classroom teachers/administrators in their task of providing high quality education to Californias children. Sadly, given the complexity of this problem, the CA.DoE has not provided the public enough data to fully appreciate this problem. (See Data Not Available list above.) The Palo Alto Unified School Districts very low number of Suspensions/Expulsions needs to be better clarified to the public, in terms of administrative actions associated with bullyinggiven the scrutiny of the various lawsuits, and US.DoEs Office of Civil Rights monitoring of various complaints associated with bullying. This data is being presented to the PAUSD Administration/Board-of-Education in order to raise awareness that discipline is a major problem in the California school systema problem which needs to be addressed both from the top-down, but also from the bottom-up. The staggering cost of public education in California needs to be recognized at every level of the education establishmentwhich necessarily includes parent involvement. With (nominally) one out of every twelve students being involved in either a suspension, or an expulsion, it is difficult to understand how meaningful education can be delivered in the classroomsince doubtlessly the number of students involved in the kinds of situations that can lead to suspension/expulsions are successfully counseled to cease and desist in this disruptive/illegal behavior. This total number of students involved in disciplinary actions that did not lead to an expulsion/suspension is unknown at the moment. But given the one-out-of-twelve suspension/expulsion numberit stands to reason that the occurrence of classroom disruption/bullying is very high in our schools.
Source: http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/sd/fsesd.asp