BY JENNIFER CABRERA
GAINESVILLE, Fla. – The Alachua County School Board discussed the Attendance and Discipline Trend Report for the first semester at their February 7 workshop; the academic report for the first semester will be presented on February 28.
Equity Profile
Manda Bessner, Director of Evaluation, Accountability, and Analytics, first presented the “Equity Profile” for the first nine weeks, showing that white students make up 40.2% of the student body and 14.4% of disciplinary referrals; Hispanic students make up 13.7% of the student body and 7.9% of the referrals; African American/black students make up 33% of the student body and 71% of the referrals; Asian students are 5.5% of the student body and less than 1% of the referrals; multi-racial students are 7.4% of the student body and 6% of the referrals; and the remaining categories are 0.2% of the student body and close to 0% of the referrals.
