Yesterday's Caddo school board meeting was one of those times when there was more meeting than space in the paper to write about it.
Thank goodness for blogs.
Some items that didn't make it into today's story. includes the number of visits the 20-team consultants would be making. They'll visit 77 times through out the year but they won't all come at once. They'll stagger their visits working with the 29 schools with suspension rates over 15 percent.
The names of those 29 schools were not made available last night but we'll ask the district for the list and their suspension rates.
Robert March, the consultant hired for the Corrective Action Plan, talked about how the suspensions were categorized and among the most cited is disrespect. That could mean several things -- dress code violations, talking back to the teacher, etc.
The CAP came about after six parents with help from the Southern Poverty Law Center, filed a complaint with the state department of education in 2006. Here is the original complaint and the original settlement agreement.
This year, the district will have to pay March over $700,000 to execute the plan within the district. Here's a copy of March's contract.
To read a play by play of yesterday's meeting, click here.
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