Administrators presented the board with several student‑safety and support updates July 14, including the annual restraint and seclusion report, a new state requirement to report certain school‑property incidents under Act 12, and a year‑end summary from the nonprofit Bridging Brighter Smiles.

Restraint and seclusion: staff explained that restraint and seclusion incidents had increased compared with the unusually low previous year but were similar to the two prior years; most incidents involved special‑education students and in many cases a single incident included both seclusion and restraint. Staff said that for students with repeated incidents teams hold IEP meetings to review supports, and that for each occurrence the district completes required reporting and a debrief to identify alternatives and to reduce future uses of restraint.

School‑property incident reporting: the board received an overview of the new Act 12 reporting requirement, which requires schools to collect and report incidents that fall into certain categories (homicide, sexual assault, burglary/theft, robbery, battery, arson, substance possession/use, possession of a firearm, or disorderly conduct) when they occur on school property, during school events or during transport. Staff said they had filed the required annual report with DPI and provided the board a copy of the form submitted.

Community support program update: Bridging Brighter Smiles provided a year‑end report to the board summarizing the nonprofit’s donated dental services; staff said about $709 in charitable services had been recorded to assist students with dental needs.

Context and next steps: staff emphasized restraint and seclusion remain measures of last resort; district teams hold subsequent IEP meetings when incidents meet thresholds. Administrators also noted data coding and placement changes can affect totals and explained one student had been counted twice on an interim report because the student shifted from alternative placement back to district placement; the district corrected that for reporting.