IN OUR SCHOOLS
EXPULSIONS:
Are Black Students Targeted?
A LOOK AT THE NUMBERS
10-day Suspensions With Recommendation for Expulsion (1st Semesters Only)
High Schools
Middle Schools
1992-93
SCHOOL
ASHLEY
ATKINS
COOK
HANES
HILL
KENNEDY
MNRL SPGS.
NORTHWEST
PAISLEY
PETREE
PHILO
WALKER-T
WILEY
TOT AC
WHITE
BLACK TOTAL
M
1
1
0
1
2
0
4
0
0
0
2
0
o.
"TT
F
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
1
0
.0
0
0
1
M
6
1
9
5
2
1
3
1
7
8
2
0
2
47
F
3
2
5
5
0
0
1
0
1
3
0
1
0
10
4
14
11
4
1
9
2
\
8
11
4
1
3
21
82
Source imlon-NdifrnForsuh Counts Schools Office of Pupil Mtypimem
1991-92
SCHOOL WHITE
CAREER CTR
CARVER
EAST
GLENN
INDEPEND.
?MT.' TABOR
NORTH
PARKLAND
REYNOLDS
SOUTH PARK
WEST
1991-92
SCHOOL - WHITE BLACK TOTAL
M F M F
ASHLEY 0 0 2 3 5
ATKINS 1 0 3 1 5
COOK 10 12 1 14
HANES 10 3 0 4
HILL 1110 3
KENNEDY 0 . - 0 0 0 0
MNRLSPGS. 7 1 5 1 14
NORTHWEST 0 0 3 0 3
PAISLEY 1 0 7 3 ? 1f
PETREE 0 0 1 0 1
PHILO ' 2 0 3 - 0 5
WALKER-T 1 2 0 0 * 3
WILEY . 114 17
TOTAL 16 5 44 10 75
1990-91
SCHOOL
CAREER CTR.
CARVER
EAST
GLENN
INDEPEND.
MT. TABOR
NORTH
PARKLAND
REYNOLDS
SOUTH PARK
WEST
TOTAL
BLACK TOTAL
?j % 1
2
8
2
3
0
5
3
2
0
0
26
SCHOOL
ASHLEY
ATKINS
COOK'
HANES
HILL
KENNEDY
MNRL SPGS.
NORTHWEST
PAISLEY
PETREE
PHILO
WALKER-T
WILEY
TOTAL
Students Say Peer Pressure, Favoritism
To Whites is Key to High Black Expulsion
FU KAREN M HANNON
Chronu if Staff Wnter
Several students in area high
schools and middle schools offered
a myriad of reasons why the expul
sion rate among blacks far exceeded
that of whites.
They said that in certain
instances teachers might allow 'a
white siu 'ent to get away wtrtrconr
mitting an infraction* whereas a
black student is usually punished.
Thc> also said a black student might
be quicker to respond to peer pres
sure in taking out aggression on
other students or teachers.
"1 know some kids that have
gotten awa\ with things that another
student might go to the office for,"
said Dorn Summey. an eighth
grader at Paisley Middle School.
Kevin Kindle, another Paisley
eighth -grader, agreed.
Yeah. 1 think just as many
white kids do things that are just
s-erious. but they just don't get
caught. Kindle said. But some
teachers do let some people get
away with things that somebody
else might not get away with."
Daniel Sellner said he does not
think race is a determining factor in
whether a student is expelled from
school.
f"
I think it has to do more with
the individual.'' said Sellner. an
eighth-grader at Paisley. "If some
body wants to cause trouble, they're
going to do it. It's all about whether
they choose to be a trouble-maker
and consciously do things to get into
trouble."
Kindle said he knows three stu
dents who have been expelled for
having either a gun or drugs on
school grounds.
"Most of the time, it seemed
like it wasn't really their fault, he
said. "They were holding something
for somebody else and they got
caught.''
The students also said a prior
behavioral record at school might
have something to do with the dif
ference in numbers.
"Some students might not get
expelled if they have a good reputa
tion." Sellner said. "They might just
get suspended for a few days or go
to ISC (in-school suspension)."
And although peer pressure is
most intense during adolescent
years. Sellner said he doesn't think
students who are expelled are con
cerned about their peers' reactions
when they hear the news through the
grapevine at school.
"I don't think the students who
are expelled really care hou the
other kids loci about them." Sellner
said.
. cienderien had a dif
ferent opinion.
I think most of the kids who
get expelled do things to showoff,"
Clendenen said. So they can act
like it doesn't bother them tor their
friends to find out. hut 1 think it may
bother them inside.'
F i f t e e n - \ e a r - o I d Q u e n t i n
Deloatch. a student at Reynolds
High School, said he thinks some
students who are expelled are influ
enced b\ their peers and may have
negati\ e attitudes.
The people thc> hang around
might be the cause. Deloatch said.
"And a black person might take
their anger out on a person if some
one says the wrong thing to them,
whereas a white person might just
walk awa\ ."
Juleen Parker, a 16-year-old
who attends Reynolds, said the root
of fhe problem might be in the
home.
' 1 1 has to do w ith different
upbringings. Parker said. It's part
of the parents responsibility to
make sure the kid gets a good
upbringing at home. But students
need to be responsible for their
actions, too.
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