The Conroe ISD board of trustees July 18 discussed the district's student discipline plan after Trustee Misty Odenweller requested to hear more information.
The overview
During the July 18 meeting, Deputy Superintendent Bethany Medford gave a presentation and update on student discipline, including adding staff and updating campuses to accommodate overcrowding issues. Here are a few changes the district made this year:
- Added a total of 33 new assistant principals and 21 counselors across elementary, junior and high school campuses
- Added an additional teacher for the 2023-24 school year to the short-term Disciplinary Alternative Education Program Placement, opening up 30 seats
- Added a new long-term DAEP wing at Washington School with 40 seats and four teaching units
- The long-term DAEP will include 30-, 45- and 60-day placements as needed
- Included 30 special education teachers and 30 paraprofessionals for special education
“This is, at least in my years here, by far the largest expansion [of DAEP] ever,” Superintendent Curtis Null said. “I can't remembering growing at all. So to grow by five teaching units, I don't know that we will outgrow it before Washington gets reconfigured.”
