Close the school down for the kids sake! It's not really a safe environment and the security guards and the teachers
(Mainly Mr. Harvey) don't be on their job
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Warning codes used to alert faculty of a critical incident: Yes Tactical evacuation route for students or entry routes for emergency support teams: Yes Off-site staging area for assembly and communication at the onset of critical incident: Yes Emergency communication tree or plan: Yes Facility blueprints and site plan on file with emergency support team: Yes Control access to site during school hours (doors locked or monitored): Yes Control access to grounds during school hours (gates locked or monitored): Yes Students required to pass through metal detectors each day: Yes Visitors required to pass through metal detectors: Yes Campus closed for most students during lunch: Yes Integrated home-land security in school practices into school safety plans: Yes Random sweeps for weapons: Yes Require clear book bags or ban book bags: Yes Require students to wear badges or picture IDs: Yes Require staff to wear badges or picture IDs: Yes Provide staff training in risk assessment: Yes Security cameras used to monitor the school: Yes Telephones provided in most classrooms: No Emergency button provided in lavatories: Yes In compliance with the state law that requires that a student who brings a firearm to school be expelled for one year: Yes In compliance with Elem. and Sec. Edu. Act (ESEA), that requires referral to juvenile delinquency system of any student who brings a firearm to school: Yes School wide training in positive behavioral support and interventions: Yes
School Safety Plans:
Safety plan exists - Shootings: Yes Safety plan exists - Riots: Yes Safety plan exists - Bomb scares or comparable threats (excluding fire): Yes Safety plan exists - Disaster planning (tornadoes, floods, chemical spill, etc.): Yes Safety plan exists - Hostages: Yes Safety plan exists - Lock down: Yes
School Prevention Programs:
Implemented a violence prevention curriculum: Yes Practiced behavior modification/intervention with students: Yes Provided group counseling (social work) or therapeutic activity for students: Yes Provided peer mentoring or coaching program: No Provided peer mediation (student court) in resolving conduct problems: No Provided conflict resolution training to staff and students: Yes Provided programs that promote a sense of social integration among students: Yes Established a hot line for students to report problems: No Provided training and assistance in classroom management to teachers: No Revised or reviewed school wide discipline policy: Yes Made architectural or environmental modifications to reduce crime or violence: No Used a paid law enforcement or security service: No Implemented a drug prevention service: No Conducted community service projects on prevention: No Implemented teacher/staff training on violence/drug prevention: No Conducted public/parent awareness activities on violence/drug prevention: No Offered after-school or before-school programs: Yes Provided alternative education programs: No Underwent curriculum acquisition or development: No Provided services for out-of-school youth (school-age): No Administered special one-time events (not included in the above mentioned programs): No Involved organizations in administering drug and violence-prevention services via joint service delivery (including referrals): No Involved organizations in administering drug and violence prevention services via teacher/staff training: Yes Involved organizations in administering drug and violence prevention services via public awareness activities: No Involved organizations in administering drug and violence prevention services via fund raising: No Allowed students to participate in the design, delivery or critiquing of a drug or violence prevention program: No Balanced and restorative justice conferencing (aka transformative conferencing): No
(Mainly Mr. Harvey) don't be on their job