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Safe School Plan Continued
School Programs and Practices That Promote a Positive Learning Environment
Promoting Home Safety
Each parent with a student in our School receives information on how to promote safety at school and
home (Guide for Parents and Students). This guide also gives all students and their parents notice of the
school’s written codes of conduct by outlining behavioral expectations and the consequences of violating
these codes.
Limiting Gun Access
Our School provides information to parents through the Guide for Parents and Students to help prevent
student access to guns. The following is example text illustrating the school’s message to parents.
People have been shocked by the news of children gaining access to guns and killing
other children in American towns. If you are a gun owner, you are probably particularly
sensitive to how many children have been conditioned by television and other forms of
entertainment, to think of guns as killing toys; toys that can be used to solve problems.
If you need to keep guns in your home and your home is ever open to children, please
obtain and consistently use trigger locks. Also, please devise a failsafe plan to keep the
guns away from children. If, as a parent and gun owner, you feel unsure about your
ability to keep guns out of a child’s reach, or if you or your child is prone to anger, we
strongly encourage you to get rid of the gun(s). Guns can be replaced—children cannot.
All parents are encouraged to tell their children about guns, that people may have guns in
their homes and that guns are lethal weapons and not toys. Make sure that your child
knows that a friend’s family may allow things that you do not allow, such as touching
real guns. If you are inclined, support gun control legislation in our community and
State, particularly trigger locks and owner responsibility.
Suspensions and Expulsions
Our School identifies and tracks students with a disciplinary history in the preceding three years.
Teachers and any other certificated employee instructing or supervising a student are given notice of any
suspendable or expellable offenses committed by the student in their classroom during the past three
years. Our School tracks, monitors, and closely supervises these youngsters to discourage their
continued involvement in misbehavior and crime. The following actions are among those considered
when planning such close supervision: convening a Team for Student Success meeting; placing such
students with experienced teachers; developing individual behavior and education plans; developing and
involving the student and the parent/guardian in a behavior contract; teaching specific prosocial behavior
including alternatives to violence, drugs, and weapons; consistently enforcing and fairly applying the
rules; assigning a specific counselor to each student and, when appropriate, considering alternative
education programs.
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