A school district in Washington state has adopted what it calls a “culturally responsive” student discipline policy that takes into account race and ethnic background in doling out punishment. On March 14, the policy was passed by a vote of 3-2 by the Clover Park School District Board of Directors in Lakewood.  The board’s two conservative members voted against the policy. “Until we, the five of us, have discussed all these definitions at work—until we do that, I think we are negligent to send this forward,” Paul Wagemann said at the videotaped meeting. “Let’s say we both commit the same offense. Then the question should be what are the consequences of that offense and how do we go through that process? And to be fair, if we both did the same thing, we should get the same consequence the way I see it,” Wagemann said. The aim of the new …