Local Politics:Issues:The Black Experience at Lexington High

News and Opinion

 * Lexington Minuteman: Lexington suspension rates remain disproportional, new data shows, by Ross Cristantiello (Feb 11, 2020)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Guest Commentary: School Committee, hire outside consultant to help with discipline disparities, by Mona Roy (Jun 29, 2018)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Lexington School Committee revisits school discipline disparities after survey gone wrong, by Heather Beasley Doyle (May 24, 2018)
 * Lexington Minuteman: Advocates confront Lexington School Committee over school discipline, by Diane McLaughlin (May 10, 2018)
 * Mona Roy comments at the May 22, 2018 Lexington school committee meeting

Reports

 * [[Media:Invisible and Unheard The Black Experience at Lexington High School.pdf|Invisible and Unheard: The Black Experience at Lexington High School]] (June 2020), survey by Adrian Ayala
 * School Committee meeting on Jan 21, 2020: Equity Audit - Johnny Cole, Director of Equity & Student Supports video (starts at 2:30:00), [[Media:1-21-2020 SC Packet.pdf|meeting packet]] (p. 6)
 * This was in response to a process started in 2017-2018, before Superintendent Hackett's time, that looked at school discipline disparities for Black & brown students, as well as SPED students
 * Summer 2018, Superintendent worked with the Administrative Council to develop the Call to Action - the blueprint on how to address the issue
 * July 2019, the position of Director of Equity & Student Support was created at the request of the SC, to address this issue
 * The Equity Audit was conducted by Johnny Cole, and the presentation is the result of his findings
 * Admin Council on Apr 24, 2019: [[Media:Admin Council 4.24.19.pdf|Update on Discipline]]

Email Threads

 * Lexington List: Report on the Black experience at Lexington High School (June 2020)