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Education Notes
School Suspensions Down Again in Charles
Washington Post (Sept. 28, 2008)
Charles County school officials said last week that suspensions have decreased for the fourth consecutive year. According to a report sent to the Maryland Department of Education, suspensions dropped from 5,662 in the 2006-07 school year to 5,490 in 2007-08, despite an increase in the number of students and the opening of a new school.
A key factor, school officials said, is the Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports program used in most county schools. Although school suspensions have increased in Maryland, the number of suspensions and multiple suspensions in Charles has declined, officials said.
Keith Grier, county director of student services, said the program was introduced in 1999 and has grown. It is designed to help schools spend less time on discipline and more on education. The county's successful use of the program was recently recognized by the Advocates for Children and Youth, a national nonprofit organization.
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