Requestor
Ben Guidot
Requested Information
Please provide the number of school altercations and/or fight between students for River Hill High School from 2010 to present by school year, for Howard High School from 2010 to present, and for Atholton High School from 2010 to present. Please also provide the number of suspensions and expulsions for the aforementioned schools during the same time periods.
Date Received
Status
Complete
Response Notes
Responsive to this request, suspensions and expulsions are collected per school year by the Maryland State Department of Education, with the most recent report here: https://www.marylandpublicschools.org/about/Documents/DCAA/SSP/20222023Student/2022-2023-MD-PS-Suspensions-By-School-and-Major-Offense-Category-Out-of-School-Suspensions-and-Expulsions.pdf – this includes data by school and offense. Prior year reports can be found on this page: https://www.marylandpublicschools.org/about/Pages/DCAA/SSP/index.aspx.
Responsive Documents
Per clarification you are specifically looking for data on fights/altercations between students, attached are counts available since SY12-13 from our current student information system that reflect in or out of school suspensions with the highest severity violation coded as “Fighting” or “Attack on Student” per the HCPSS Code of Conduct. HCPSS has made substantial efforts to ensure the accuracy of this information; however, data collection and reporting is consistently subject to change. Please be mindful when comparing data as many variances can occur between reports based on date pulled, parameters used, categories included, etc