Denver Public Schools has revised its discipline matrix, which was criticized after last year’s shooting at East High School, but the district stopped short of making significant changes to its gui…
Police officers monitor the East High School campus in Denver on Wednesday, April 5, 2023. Officers were reinstated in April after a shooting at the school. The district’s board had voted to remove them from campus in 2020. , but the district stopped short of making significant changes to its guidance on when students should be expelled or suspended, according to a presentation Superintendent Alex Marrero gave the Board of Education on Thursday.
showed that changes to the guidelines include seven levels of behavior and discipline severity rather than the previous six levels as well as new conduct categories and a new layout. DPS has added 12 new student conduct categories, including for homicide, unethical use of technology and nicotine offenses, according to the presentation.
The district received feedback that officials needed to make the previous matrix more clear when it comes to where certain behaviors fall on the matrix, Staten said. Expulsions have been declining at DPS for about a decade, with district officials saying they have sought to reduce how often children are expelled, especially students of color. DPS officials have previously said they have a “moral obligation” to provide education to all students.
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