Gang activity decline continues in Gwinnett County Schools | Gwinnett Daily Post

SUWANEE — Each year when James A. Taylor presents discipline facts and figures about the previous school year to the Gwinnett County Board of Education, he has a favorite statistic.

On Thursday during a workshop meeting at the Instructional Support Center, the number was 99.2 percent.

For Taylor, executive director of academic support for Gwinnett County Public Schools, that represented the percent of students who last school year did not participate in a discipline hearing. And that’s why he added there is “no reason for alarm” despite there being 1,285 hearings and 13 expulsions.

Another favorite figure for Taylor was what he called the “dinosaur chart” when he referred to declining incidents of gang activity. Last school year, there were 37 referrals for gang activity, a number that continues a trend. The year before there were 62 incidents and two years ago there were 88.

“We’re not seeing as much,” Taylor said. “Administrators are trained. They have a keen eye and recognize gang signs and behavior and address it immediately.”

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