High school suspensions plummet in Montgomery, falling nearly 37 percent
Newly released figures show that suspensions in the county’s 25 high schools dropped from 2,263 in the 2012-2013 school year to 1,432 during the school year that ended in June. Suspensions involving black and Hispanic students fell by more than 600, but the district’s new figures show that while the gap has narrowed, suspensions of minority students continue to occur in disproportionate numbers. Read more...
