One of the data sources addressing the district's long term goal "All students will decrease the use of tobacco, alcohol and other drugs" is disciplinary referrals regarding substance abuse and violence."
The district collects and records data on student referrals in the following categories in our two junior highs, the 9th grade building, the high school and the alternative high school (difference between 2005-06 and 2006-07) [number of years increase from previous year, number of years no increase from previous year, 1999-00 through 2006-07].
Alcohol, Drug or Tobacco incidents:
Possession or under influence of alcohol (-41) [3, 4]
Under influence of a controlled substance (+8) [5, 2]
Possession of a controlled substance (+13) [5, 2]
Distribution of a controlled substance (-4) [4, 3]
Possession of drug paraphernalia (-1) [2, 5]
Smoking (-3) [3, 4]
Possession of tobacco (-10) [4, 3]
Behavior incidents:
General disciplinary referral (-932) [2, 5]
Disturbing, inciting a disturbance (+18) [5, 2]
Harassment (+39) [4, 3]
Insubordination, disrespect (0) [3, 4]
Profanity (+5) [3, 4]
Physical abuse of a staff member (+3) [4, 3]
Theft (-18) [2, 4]
Of these 19 items, the overall district-wide frequency of referrals decreased in 7 categories from the previous year and increased in 10 areas. Substantial reductions are observed in behavior areas in the last year. Violence incidents increased.
In the 7 years of collected data in these areas, the data show a general increase in violence related incidents, but neither positive or negative trends in other categories. The year-to-year data is very up and down in most categories, with few general trends in either positive or negative directions.
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