Thorner - BCSD Static Server - Bakersfield City School District

Safe School Plan Continuedstatistics on school crime that were previously gathered through the instrument, “California Safe Schools Assessment,”are no longer available.Additional Considerations in Establishing Safe School StrategiesOur School also considered, adopted, or incorporated the following strategies in developing ourSchool Safety Plan.1. Development of a positive school climate that promotes respect for diversity, personal andsocial responsibility, effective interpersonal and communication skills, self-esteem, angermanagement, and conflict resolution.2. Disciplinary policies and procedures that contain prevention strategies as well as behavioralexpectations and consequences for violations.3. Programs and activities showing a strong academic focus, supporting students in achievinghigh standards, fostering positive relationships between school staff and students, andpromoting meaningful parental and community involvement.4. Establishing collaborative relationships among the city, county, community agencies, locallaw enforcement, the judicial system, and our school that leads to the development of a set ofcommon goals and community strategies for violence prevention instruction.5. Developing programs to help foster positive student interpersonal relations to include:a. encouraging students to feel comfortable assisting others to get help when needed; andb. teaching students alternative, socially appropriate replacement responses to violence,such as problem solving and anger control skills.6. Offering counseling and mental health programs through the school and describing thecounseling referral procedure used to help prevent and intervene to address socialpsychologicalconcerns.7. Prevention and intervention strategies related to the sale or use of drugs and alcohol whichreflect expectations for drug-free schools and support for recovering students.8. Procedures, programs, and strategies to help eliminate the perceived or real problem of biasand unfair treatment of students by staff and by peers because of ethnic group, gender, race,national origin, social class, religion, disability, sexual orientation, physical appearance,color, ancestry, parental status, or some other relevant characteristic.9. Identifying and describing the research-based practices to help administrators, teachers,families, students, support staff, and community members recognize and make appropriateuse of the early warning signs related to violence, substance use, and other socialpsychologicaladjustment concerns.10. Procedures for receiving verification from law enforcement that a violent crime has occurredon school grounds and for promptly notifying parents/guardians and employees of that crime.17