Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools

Discipline Data Follow-Up ReportBoard of Education

October 9, 2012

Charlie McCurry, Jr.

District-wide PDs/ROs

Offense 2010-2011 School Year

2011-2012School Year

Change

Assault (all types) 63 38 -25

Sexual Offense (not rape) 6 3 -3

Alcohol Possession 16 21 +5

Bomb Threat 7 4 -3

Burning Building 0 2 +2

Prescription Drug Possession 6 3 -3

Controlled Substance Possession (includes marijuana; excludes alcohol and prescription drugs)

181 158 -23

District-wide PDs/ROs (cont’d…)Offense 2010-2011

School Year

2011-2012School Year

Change

Firearm possession 2 1 -1

Weapon possession 147 134 -13

Sale/distribution of controlled substance (includes marijuana, prescription drug)

35 24 -11

Use of alcohol 75 26 -49

Use of controlled substance 110 61 -49

Use of narcotics 4 2 -2

TOTAL 652 477 -175

Substance Abuse Violations Offense 2010-2011

School Year2011-2012School Year

Change

Alcohol Possession (RO) 16 21 +5

Alcohol Use (RO) 75 26 -49

Marijuana Possession (RO) 127 125 -2

Prescription drug possession (RO)

6 3 -3

Use of controlled substance (RO)

110 61 -49

Use of narcotics (RO) 4 2 -2

Sale/distribution of controlled substance (RO)

35 24 -11

Substance Abuse Violations (cont’d…) Offense 2010-2011

School Year2011-2012School Year

Change

Drug/chemical paraphernalia possession (UB)

16 31 +15

Counterfeit drug possession (UB)

7 14 +7

Use of counterfeit drug(UB) 5 1 -4

Under the influence of alcohol (UB)

4 30 +26

Under the influence of a controlled substance (UB)

38 124 +86

TOTAL 443 462 +19

High School PDs/ROs

Offense 2010-2011 School Year

2011-2012School Year

Change

Assault (all types) 22 18 -4

Robbery 1 0 -1

Sexual assault/offense 1 1 0

Alcohol Possession 6 32 +26

Alcohol Use 42 0 -42

Bomb Threat 3 2 -1

Burning building 0 1 +1

Distribution of prescription drug

5 0 -5

High School PDs/ROs (cont’d…)Offense 2010-2011

School Year2011-2012School Year

Change

Prescription Drug Possession 1 0 -1

Controlled substance possession 102 172 +70

Firearm possession 1 1 0

Weapon possession 45 38 -7

Selling controlled substance 17 0 -17

Use of controlled substance 92 0 -92

Use of narcotics 1 0 -1

Middle School PDs/ROs

Offense 2010-2011 School Year

2011-2012School Year

Change

Assault (all types) 24 15 -9

Sexual offense 1 1 0

Alcohol Possession 10 14 +4

Bomb Threat 4 2 -2

Burning Building 0 1 +1

Distribution of Prescription Drug 2 0 -2

Middle School PDs/ROs (cont’d…)Offense 2010-2011

School Year2011-2012School Year

Change

Prescription Drug Possession

5 0 -5

Controlled substance possession

10 68 +58

Firearm possession 1 0 -1

Weapon possession 58 55 -3

Selling controlled substance 16 0 -16

Use of alcohol 33 0 -33

Use of controlled substance 18 0 -18

Use of narcotics 3 0 -3

Elementary School PDs/ROs

Offense 2010-2011 School Year

2011-2012School Year

Change

Assault (all types) 17 5 -12

Sexual offense 1 1 0

Alcohol Possession 5 1 -4

Bomb Threat 0 0 0

Burning building 0 0 0

Distribution of prescription drug

1 0 -1

Elementary School PDs/ROs (cont’d…)Offense 2010-2011

School Year2011-2012School Year

Change

Prescription Drug Possession 0 0 0

Controlled substance possession 3 4 +1

Firearm possession 0 0 0

Weapon possession 44 41 -3

Selling controlled substance 2 0 -2

Use of alcohol 0 0 0

Use of controlled substance 0 0 0

Use of narcotics 0 0 0

Feedback from Teachers 948 responses as of October 16, 2012 (out of

3,575; 26% response rate) Questions drafted by School Attorney’s Office,

edited by Marketing and Communications, approved by FCAE

E-mailed survey link to teachers Results shared with Teachers’ Advisory Council 38% respondents ES teachers, 26% MS

teachers, 38% HS teachers

Feedback from Teachers

During the last school year, do you think the new discipline policy worked well?

Response Percentage

Yes 10%

No 34%

Not Sure 36%

Same as Previous Years 21%

Feedback from Teachers

During the last school year, did the new discipline policy prevent you from disciplining a student the way you wanted to?

Response Percentage

Yes 36%

No 44%

Not Sure 20%

Feedback from Teachers

During the last school year, did you have more student disciplinary issues or less?

Response Percentage

More 38%

Less 13%

About the same 50%

Feedback from Teachers

During the last school year, did your school environment get better or get worse?

Response Percentage

Better 13%

Worse 47%

No Change 41%

Feedback from Teachers

Do your school’s administrators provide you with sufficient support in dealing with student discipline?

Response Percentage

Never 6%

Occasionally 36%

Usually 40%

Always 19%

Questions?