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Safe School Plan Continued
Truancy Rates: California Department of Education Formula
Bakersfield City School District's Longitudinal Truancy Rate
Year 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11
Truancy Percentage 39.4% 29.4% 29.75% 30.1% 34.1%
Truancy rates at the school level may be found at http://dq.cde.ca.gov/dataquest/
California Healthy Kids Survey Analysis 2009-2010
The most recent CHKS shows that the number of students who have ever used marijuana or alcohol has
increased, while the number of students that have ever used cigarettes has decreased. Our School will
continue its efforts to discourage students from ever using alcohol, tobacco and other drugs (ATOD)
through the delivery of ATOD prevention programs in the classrooms. Our School will adopt an antibullying
program; involve students more in safety planning; communicate more clearly and more often
our excellent safety record.
The most recent CHKS shows a significant drop in the number of students who report they are afraid of
being beat up at school. More students are reporting that they feel “very safe” in our school. More
students reported high levels of caring relationships with adults at their schools and that more adults had
high levels of expectations for them.
The percentage of students reporting they feel connected to school has increased significantly. Overall,
the 2009-2010 survey data shows that student’s protective factors performance
Safety Needs Assessment
As part of the District’s Emergency Response and Crisis Management Discretionary Grant Program, an
outside agency, Transforming Local Communities, Inc., conducted a safety needs assessment. School
principals, school staff, parents, and students were given structured surveys to determine their
perceptions of safety and safety related issues. The sample was sufficiently large to represent, with
reasonable accuracy, all schools in the District. Therefore, we consider the results representative of our
School.
Dr. Dixie King authored a report of the survey findings, published in May 2004, entitled Bakersfield City
School District Emergency Response/Crisis Management Needs Assessment Survey Results (“ERCM
Survey”). Reproduced below is a table summarizing principal, staff, parent, and student responses to
selected items from the surveys conducted.
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