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Safe School Plan ContinuedTruancy Rates: California Department of Education FormulaBakersfield City School District's Longitudinal Truancy RateYear 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11Truancy 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 2009-2010The most recent CHKS shows that the number of students who have ever used marijuana or alcoholhas increased, while the number of students that have ever used cigarettes has decreased. OurSchool will continue its efforts to discourage students from ever using alcohol, tobacco and otherdrugs (ATOD) through the delivery of ATOD prevention programs in the classrooms.The most recent CHKS shows a significant drop in the number of students who report they are afraidof 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 moreadults 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 measureshave improved.Safety Needs AssessmentAs 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 determinetheir 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 resultsrepresentative of our School.Dr. Dixie King authored a report of the survey findings, published in May 2004, entitled BakersfieldCity School District Emergency Response/Crisis Management Needs Assessment Survey Results(“ERCM Survey”). Reproduced below is a table summarizing principal, staff, parent, and studentresponses to selected items from the surveys conducted.40