CUSD Data on Suspensions and Expulsions

State Schools Chief Tom Torlakson Announces Fifth Year in a Row of Declining Student Suspensions and Expulsions

Although California law, mandates a "Zero Tolerance Policy" for specific on campus violations; the law is no longer being enforced in the Capistrano Unified School District, as evidenced by the lack of expulsions for the number of individuals committing these offenses.

Source: California Department of Education - Mandatory Expulsion
Education Code 48915(c) requires mandatory expulsion for the following:

Act must be committed at school or school activity.

1. Firearm
   1. Possessing firearm when a district employee verified firearm possession and when student did not have prior written permission from a certificated employee which is concurred with by the principal or designee.
   2. Selling or otherwise furnishing a firearm.
2. Brandishing a knife at another person.
3. Unlawfully selling a controlled substance listed in Health and Safety Code Section 11053 et. seq.
4. Committing or attempting to commit a sexual assault as defined in subdivision (n) of EC 48900 or committing sexual battery as defined in subdivision (n) of 48900.
5. Possession of an explosive.

Maybe flawed school discipline policies are the cause of increased school shootings and violence on campuses. Districts are no longer choosing to expel students who have been identified as a threat to others by bringing a gun, a knife or an explosive device to schools.

DATA FOR THE CAPISTRANO UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT

HIGH SCHOOLS
Aliso Niguel High School
Source: Aliso Niguel High School Offenses Committed
174 Offenses Committed
8 Expulsions
165 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
4 Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus (0 Expulsions)
2 Incidents of Explosive Devices (0 Expulsions)

Dana Hills High School
Source: Dana Hills High School Offenses Committed
260 Offenses Committed
9 Expulsions
251 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
4 Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus (1 Expulsion)

San Clemente High School
Source: San Clemente High School Offenses Committed
212 Offenses Committed
12 Expulsions
200 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
3 Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus (2 Expulsion)

San Juan Hills High School
Source: San Juan Hills High School Offenses Committed
122 Offenses Committed
3 Expulsions
119 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
5 Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus (0 Expulsion)

Tesoro High School
Source: Tesoro High School Offenses Committed
131 Offenses Committed
3 Expulsions
128 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
8 Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus (0 Expulsion)

Aliso Viejo Middle School
Source: Aliso Viejo Middle School Offenses Committed
131 Offenses Committed
3 Expulsions
128 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
8 Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus (0 Expulsion)

Arroyo Vista Middle School
Source: Arroyo Vista Middle School Offenses Committed
5 Offenses Committed
0 Expulsions
5 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
1 Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus (0 Expulsion)

Bernice Ayer Middle School
Source: Bernice Ayer Middle School Offenses Committed
129 Offenses Committed
6 Expulsions
123 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
4 Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus (2 Expulsions)

Carl Hankey Middle School
Source: Bernice Ayer Middle School Offenses Committed
5 Offenses Committed
0 Expulsions
5 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
No Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus

Don Juan Avila Middle School
Source: Don Juan Avila Middle School Offenses Committed
98 Offenses Committed
0 Expulsions
98 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
6 Incidents of Guns or Knives on Campus (0 Expulsions)

Ladera Ranch Middle School
Ladera Ranch Middle School Source: Ladera Ranch Middle School Offenses Committed
16 Offenses Committed
0 Expulsions
16 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
1 Incidents of Gun or Knives on Campus (0 Expulsions)

Las Flores Middle School
Source: Los Flores Middle School Offenses Committed
16 Offenses Committed
0 Expulsions
16 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
0 Incidents of Gun or Knives on Campus

Newhart Middle School
Source: Newhart Middle School Offenses Committed
76 Offenses Committed
0 Expulsions
76 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
3 Incidents of Gun or Knives on Campus (0 Expulsions)

Niguel Hill Middle School
Source: Niguel Hill Middle School Offenses Committed
150 Offenses Committed
0 Expulsions
148 Suspensions
2 Disciplinary Diversions
10 Incidents of Gun or Knives on Campus (0 Expulsions)

Shore Cliffs Middle School
Source: Shor Cliffs Middle School Offenses Committed
84 Offenses Committed
5 Expulsions
79 Suspensions
2 Disciplinary Diversions
6 Incidents of Gun or Knives on Campus (2 Expulsions)
1 Incident of an Explosive (0 Expulsions)

Vista Del Mar Middle School
Source: Vista Del Mar Middle School Offenses Committed
43 Offenses Committed
3 Expulsions
40 Suspensions
0 Disciplinary Diversions
0 Incidents of Gun or Knives on Campus