But the approach comes at a cost for some students: a WFYI analysis of 2024-2025 state data shows that Paramount schools suspended students with disabilities about three times more often than the state average. Database: Look up your school's suspension rateMany Paramount parents love the schools for their calm environment and focus on academics. Reddicks said Paramount schools work to reduce suspensions among students with disabilities but that they’re sometimes necessary. ‘Calm’ hallways and academic successWhen Reddicks describes Paramount schools, one of the first words he uses is calm. In Indiana, schools suspended more students in the years after the pandemic than at any point in the prior decade.