San Jose School District Called Police on Students 1,745 Times in Single School Year

[KamaAina]

http://www.nbcbayarea.com/investigations/School-District-Called-Police-on-Students-1745-Times-in-Single-School-Year-330015791.html

An NBC Bay Area investigation into the use of police on school campuses found one Bay Area school district called police on its own students so many times they outranked nearly every district in the country.

East Side Union High School District in San Jose referred students to police 1,745 times during the 2011-2012 school year, ranking them 14th in the country, according to data collected by the U.S. Department of Education.

Critics say that when police handle school discipline, the line between childish misbehavior and criminal activity is often blurred leaving some students with a criminal record before they hit puberty. Certain groups of students find themselves face-to-face with police more often than others, with African Americans and students with disabilities referred to police at disproportionately high rates.

At East Side Union High School District, Superintendent Chris Funk said a combination of factors led to the extreme numbers of police encounters on campus. Zero-tolerance discipline policies and insufficient staffing numbers meant that police were being called when it wasn’t always appropriate.

[FreakinDJ]

1. WTF - FIRE the Administration

They can call it "Zero Tolerance" all they want but in reality the administration just doesn't like the "Brown-Skinned Student Body"

Ethnic Distribution

Ethnicity Percentage


Native American 0.2%

African American 2.9%

Asian 39.9%

European American 6.8%

Hispanic 46.5%

Pacific Islander 0.6%

Multiple 3.1%


http://www.esuhsd.org/Community/Demographics/

[KamaAina]

2. A good friend went to Independence High School in that district

She was among a handful of white students. Nearly all her classmates were Asian.

Normally she took AP classes, but if one was full and she found herself taking the regular class, she said she was the only student who ever asked a question in class. Who knew asking teachers questions was white privilege?

[FreakinDJ]

4. 46% Hispanic - see my original post

I knew it - it just took me a minute to find the link

[KamaAina]

5. Independence High must be an outlier

it's in the Berryessa section of town, a bit north of heavily Latino East San Jose proper.

[KamaAina]

3. The plot thickens. The wife of one of our county supervisors is on the district's board.

http://www.esuhsd.org/BoardAdmin/Board-of-Trustees/Pattie-Cortese-Board-Trustee/index.html