On April 29, 2021, the New York University Metropolitan Center for Research on Equity and the Transformation of Schools (NYU) facilitated a “Root Cause Analysis” Team of 32 individuals, including central office administrators (inclusive of the Superintendent of Schools), faculty, staff, community members and Board of Education members, and led them in a review of District practices, policies, and outcomes through a data-based intersectional lens focused on race, gender, and special education classification.  This comprehensive process also included focus groups of parents and students.  (Student focus group feedback will be added as an addendum to the NYU report once it is received by the District.) Working together as a team and then later in subcommittees, four focus areas were identified that have informed the District’s current initiatives. These focus areas include:

• Professional learning
• Curriculum and instruction
• Restorative practices and the Code of Conduct
• Community engagement 

Additionally, the District has supplemented these focus areas to include the recruitment and retention of a diverse staff.  Subcommittees will continue to meet for the foreseeable future and include representation from the broader Root Cause Analysis Team.  However, the formal work of the collective Root Cause Analysis Team ended with NYU on July 20, 2021. 

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