DECATUR, Ill. (WAND) - Decatur Public Schools is responding to discipline statistics released by the State Board of Education.
The State Board of Education listed districts including Decatur, Champaign, Bloomington, Danville, Peoria, Springfield as being in the top 20-percent for discipline statistics.
DPS said they are continuously reviewing their discipline practices in regards to suspensions, expulsions, and detention policies.
DPS said they will not be using Alternative Placement Rooms next school year. Instead they are instituting CARE, Recovery, and Transition Rooms.
The Alternative Education Program is being revamped. The district created an Alternative Education Committee and said they are "refining plans for a K-12 Alternative Education School, a Suspension School, and fine-tuning the aforementioned CARE, Recovery, and Transition Rooms."
The district said they also use Trauma-Informed Practices and Restorative Practices to try and help students before situations result in suspension or expulsion.
They said they are continuing to search for ways to "balance learning needs with behavioral needs."
