Totals are down for some types of Chandler Unified campus discipline and incidents over the past few years, according to an administrative report.

But one Governing Board member asked if those declines were simply lower totals due to declining enrollment.

Chandler Unified has lost roughly 4,000 students over the past five school years, though primarily from the youngest incoming grades.

Assistant Superintendent Mike De la Torre presented statistics and initiatives to the CUSD board in an Oct. 8 study session that included numbers on high-school “discipline events,” or reported infractions that involve documented reprimands and, usually, consequences to a student.

“We knew we saw an increase of disciplinary incidents coming out of COVID-19,” De La Torre said. “But over the last two to t

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