Interpersonal Indicator: Suspensions In Prior Year
Over 35% of students who were chronically absent in 2010-11 were suspended, out of school, at least once in the prior year.
Over 1/3 (35%) of chronically absent students at Roger Williams MS in 2010-11 received at least one out-of-school suspension during the previous school year (2009-10). In contrast, about 22% of students with low or moderate absenteeism during the 2010-11 school year received an out-of-school suspension the previous school year.
Interestingly, attendance-related infractions for reasons such as cutting/skipping class, skipping detention, and leaving school grounds are a big proportion of all suspensions. In 2009-10, roughly 11% of all infractions leading to out-of-school suspensions in middle schools were for attendance-related infractions (InfoWorks Live!).
