(Harrisburg) — Over the past two-and-a-half years, out-of-school suspensions in the School District of Lancaster dropped by 42 percent. However, a sharp disparity exists between who gets suspended.
African Americans make up 17 percent of the district’s student body, but they account for more than 30 percent of suspensions.
For other racial groups, the suspension rate is either proportional or lower than the population.
Superintendent Damaris Rau says the gap became clear when administrators reviewed suspension data last summer.
Now, she says, they’re taking a closer look at the root causes of suspension.
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