Suspensions Down in RCSD

Data presented to the Rochester City Board of Education says student suspensions were down by 38 percent for the first three months of the school year: 1,905 suspensions for the fall of 2016, compared with well over 3,000 last school year. There was also a substantial drop in the number of weapons confiscated. But Teachers' Union President Adam Urbanski says things aren't as good as they look on paper. Urbanski says he believes schools are trying to make the new Code of Conduct work without much follow through and he believes principals are getting the unofficial message not to suspend kids if they know what's good for them. Instead, he says kids who cause trouble are being isolated until they cool down or driving them home, but not suspending them.


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