About 2000 incidents of student discipline problems at a middle school in Augusta were not initially reported to state officials during the 2005-2006 school year, according to an investigation by the Richmond County school board attorney.
Last year, Murphey Middle School ranked as one of the most dangerous schools in Georgia.
But this year, it came off the state's list of persistently dangerous schools.
A Richmond County school board member says sloppy record keeping was to blame, and that administrators started reporting the incidents late in the school year.
School officials say the reporting failure has nothing to do with Murphey coming off the dangerous schools list.
The federal government requires states to compile a list based on the number of violent felonies or lesser crimes, such as drugs or weapons possession, committed at schools.
States use the lists to assist schools in addressing the problem.
Federal law also allows public school choice for students who attend those schools, or who have been victims of violent crimes.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Discipline incidents not reported to state quickly
