Elisabeth Motsinger
In Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Schools, Black students were five times more likely than white students to get suspended and Black students with a disability were three times more likely to get suspended than other students with a disability between 2017-19.
Those data sets, along with others, confirm what most people in the school district have long known â Black students are disciplined at a disproportionately higher rate than whites and other ethnic groups, an issue thatâs seen in school districts across the country.
The punishment, which frequently includes out-of-school suspension, has far-reaching consequences, including lost instruction time that can lead to poor grades, students dropping out of school and an increased chance of winding up in prison, local school leaders say.