School Statistics

Most people interested in RTP want to know if there are any statistics from schools using RTP as their school discipline or classroom management program. Here are statistics from three schools, and more will be added in the near future. Ed

Evart High School

Evart High School is located in rural north central Michigan. The high school has 400 students. The prinicpal is Scott Bogner. The school has a special education population around 20-25% range and a free and reduced lunch count exceeding 50%. The school began using RTP in the fall of 1998. Since then, all three of the Evart public schools have been RTP accredited and are well worth visiting.

At the high school, since the 1999-2000 school year, out of school suspensions have dropped 51.9%. Out of school suspensions for disrespect toward staff members has dropped 82.3%. The number of students suspended for fighting has decreased 44.4% and other incidences that would result in suspension from school such as drugs, alcohol and tobacco have declined 87.5%. Students suspended for skipping school has declined 45.4%.

Breckenridge Middle School

Breckenridge Middle School is located in the middle of lower Michigan. Sheila Pilmore is the principal.

Of the 250 students, special ed accounts for 10% and 33% of the students are on free or reduced lunch.

Since the school implemented RTP in February, 2000, there has been a 65% drop in fights and a 65% drop in gross disrespect. There has also been a 35% drop in suspensions resulting from disruptive behaviors.

Sahuaro Elementary School

Sahuaro School is part of the Washington Elementary School District in Phoenix, Arizona and serves a population of approximately 680 preschool through 6th grade students. Forty-four percent of Sahuaro students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Dave Anderson is Sahuaro's principal. The following appeared in the school's newsletter and reflects an analysis of data gathered over the three-year history of RTP implementation at Sahuaro.

Is RTP working at Sahuaro School?

Analysis of the data shows a 70 % decrease in student fights over the last 3 years. Other violent behaviors such as "reckless play" and "hurting other students" are down 40% and 61% respectively. The number of incidents of "disrespect to staff" is down by 77% from the 1999-2000 school year.

Since RTP began, "theft by students" has decreased by 40% and incidents involving "student profanity" have decreased by 71%. On the other hand, the number of "chill out" passes used by students has increased over the last 3 years by 266%. "Chill out" passes are used by students who feel upset and want to go to the RTC to calm down before they do something that gets them in trouble.

This shows that students are learning to take charge of their actions by making good decisions when they find themselves in a problem situation. This is what RTP is all about.