Wayne County School Safety Plan

Improvement in security will also contribute to a safe environment. High schools should implement the use of metal detectors as well as random searches. Although, it may be tedious to remove all metal and coins from your pockets, it will ensure safety. This security measure can be specific to each school. An example being to make the checks random throughout the week or only require it for students to have a late arrival. Random searches can also be specified such as only searching lockers or classrooms. Motion sensored cameras can also be a very effective with safety. In many school’s cameras are only in the hallways and lunchroom, but what happens when violence occurs in a classroom? All evidence will be based off hearsay. This is not an effective way of assessing the incident considering there are 3 sides to every story. Adding motion cameras to classrooms will make evidence accurate. Not only will student-student altercations be recorded, but teacher-student altercations will be recorded. Security guards themselves should also be improved. Security guards should be posted in hallways upon children arrival, during passing periods, and upon school dismissal. Security guards should also be fit enough for the job. “The results indicated that utilization of multiple security measures reduced the likelihood of exposure to property

After the Sandy Hook, there were countless ways for students to be safe at school. In Preparing for the Unthinkable: School Safety after Sandy Hook news article, Vicki Bauman said, “ Instead of gates, guns, and metal detectors, let’s invest in the things we know will make us safer: counselors, health care, teaching positive behavior, and making sure we have services to reach out to disconnected youth and pull them back on track.” Therefore, violence is not the answer to any question or issue. The community and school system should take a stand and get the necessities that the schools need to have a safe environment for the students and faculty and staff. The school can invest in law enforcement. The law enforcement will be able to conduct a consistent search through a metal detector. The law enforcement will help the students to avoid bringing prohibited weapons to school as well as, there to protect the school.

It would be a wise idea for school administrators to have a comprehensive security assessment of the school’s physical design, safety policies, and emergency procedures. Once again this must be conducted with the cooperation of school staff, emergency personnel, students, and other school community members. Every school has different needs and safety plans may vary. According to the IACP (International Association of Chiefs of Police), there are twenty recommended actions that can be used to prevent violence in a school setting.

What the school will do to keep all children and young people safe and how it will respond to concerns, stating the procedure for this.

Whether Sumter County School District failed to provide a Free Appropriate Public Education to TH, as well as whether TH’s program provided at his home was appropriately considered a Least Restrictive Environment.

The issue that causes the most tension at Westside Consolidated School District No. 5 is the school shooting. Many families moved out of the school district as a result and the district has not recovered fully from the departure of those business leaders and students. The projected growth is another community issue that is causing tension. The state of the district buildings and amenities is not on the level of our former rival Valley View nor our current rival Brookland and the district has few options to build new buildings, retain teachers, and offer new class curriculums for the student

The objective of John Devine’s article, “Maximum Security – The Culture of Violence in Inner-City Schools” is to point out the failures of the educational system and its response concerning the escalation of violence in inner city schools. The educator’s response to violent behavior is to expand the number of security guards and security technology, while diminishing the educational staffs involvement with the student population. Devine points out the chasm of social and cultural gaps between educators, safety officers and students, which furthermore complicates an already complex matter. He argues that the educational system needs to reclaim the positive influence and control, which has been progressively relinquished over to security personnel. Devine proposes that educators must become proactive and become the role models and mentors to regain the respect, trust and

With the continuous appearances in media, violence in schools appears to be an uprising issue. The natural reaction of society is to increase school safety; but are current methods really effective? To help with safety issues, Davenport West high school has tried enacting new rules, increasing security, and enforcing hall passes.

In the article, “Study Links School Safety to Achievement, Relationships” by Sarah D. Sparks, research showed that school safety relies heavily on the relationships between teachers and students at the school along with students’ academic achievement. This research proved to be contradictory to common beliefs that the amount of crime in the surrounding neighborhoods and community of the school is the main cause or contributing factor to how safe students feel at school. Furthermore, most people believe crime, violence and poverty in and surrounding school neighborhoods are directly linked to the academic achievement and success of the students at that particular school. “The report, released Tuesday by the Consortium on Chicago School Research

During the past decade, school safety has been at the forefront of many school districts safety polices and plans. With recent high profile school shootings, the question school districts continue to ask is how do we keep our schools safe? Administrators face heavy scrutiny when weighing approaches to school safety and student discipline. Likewise, school employees have the right to work in safe environments devoid of life-threatening behaviors (Fenning and Bohanon, 2006; Skiba and Rausch, 2006). America’s founding fathers understood the importance of a public school education. They believed educating its citizens would allow them the opportunity to learn new skills while becoming successful and productive people in society. However, our founding fathers did not predict the severe behavior changes our schools face in educating disruptive and dangerous students. America’s school districts are charged with providing solutions for disruptive and dangerous students (Fenning and Bohanon, 2006; Skiba and Rausch, 2006). School officials must address these issues with research-based interventions and collaborative resources that provide a safe learning environment for all stakeholders (Elliott and Mihalic, 2004; Schoenwald and Hoagwood, 2001). Boards of education continue to support school efforts to rethink best practices for disciplinary alternative middle schools (DAMS). Many school districts focus on research-based interventions and resources that manage aggression and

Critics of more school safety measures say that [to] “maintain that many of the measures that have been proposed or enacted at colleges, middle schools and high schools infringe on students' rights.”(School Safety, np) According to Ken Trump a supporter of school safety, and the president of National School Safety and Security Measure says “[Schools] owe it to our students, school staff, and parents to get beyond the political and academic rhetoric of the zero tolerance debate.”(School safety, np) Schools need do more with the staff at the school and spend more time teaching teachers what to do in the event of this crisis. Schools need to implement more safety measure to insure that students and staff are safe. Many supporters of expanded school-safety laws argue that the Virginia Tech massacre could have been prevented if Cho, who had a history of erratic behavior, had been adequately dealt with.(School Safety, np) Some school shootings could be prevented if schools took a bigger step towards the greater good of the school and its community by placing in higher level security measures in school. Schools need to be more lenient to telling parents or police about troubled kids that could threaten the student body. If schools were to pay more attention to the places safety was a concern and security measures needed to be in place then

School violence has become of the most pressing educational problems in the United States. Gang violence and high profile shootings across the nation cause concern within schools. Communities struggle to understand why these events take place and how they can be prevented. The overwhelming response to solve the issue of violence in schools is the increasing societal pressure to execute zero tolerance. Zero tolerance is driven by the educational philosophy, policies, and practices of school communities. Stakeholders expect schools to be a safe place for staff and for students. Stakeholders assume that a positive classroom environment, safe students, and school enjoyment are conditions necessary to create a positive climate where learning takes place. This assumption can be backed with research. A calm classroom environment, teachers’ management of disruptive behavior, and students’ view of school safety are factors that have been found to directly correlate with student achievement in the classroom (Ma & Willms, 2004). Safety and a feeling of not being threatened during school hours have been found to be important to students’ achievement. Failure to remove a disruptive or an unruly student from school has been found to have a negative impact on achievement and creates a great risk to school staff and students (Garbarino et al., 1992). Teachers cannot teach and students cannot learn in an

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Schools need to maintain a disciplined and safe learning environment. There are many disciplinary actions that are in use today and although some can disagree about the amount of discipline that is best for maturing children, it is reasonable to be in agreement that a positive learning environment begins with physical and emotional safety. School safety includes a broad range of matters, including, fighting, bullying, drugs, alcohol, weapons, and etc. Many schools use varying methods in an effort to maintain school safety. Some schools limit school access and require all visitors to sign in. Physical surveillance is another common method of addressing school safety issues along with use of staff and student identification. Among all these

Violence in our schools is an issue that has become more prominent in the last few years. News articles about violent deeds within the school setting are on the increase. Our society demands that schools are safe for our children. In order to maintain a peaceful environment for all, we must address and inform our schools, children, and parents as well as the neighboring communities about the issue of school violence. As David W. Johnson, the author of Reducing School Violence states, “To eliminate violence and resolve destructive conflicts, schools must first admit that such conflicts are out of control.” (Johnson 7) Schools in general must identify with these issues in order to deal with them.