2. School Violence &
Countermeasure Trends
• Epidemic levels in urban
America
• Unsafe communities
have become a
mainstay problem
plaguing the basic need
for all students and staff
to operate in a safe
learning environment.
• Holistic &
comprehensive solution
3. Descriptive Factors Of School
Violence
Lack of safety deeply
impacts student learning by
causing:
• High drop out rates
• Poor grades
• Transience
• Low interest in activities
• Drug abuse
• Criminal activity
• Dysfunctional family
5. Impact on Schools: School
Violence
• Community-wide effort Prevention
• Effective schools = safe arenas
• Connect staff/parents to isolated/troubled children
• Comprehensive violence prevention plan
• Combat child stigmatization
• Increase federal funding options for anti-violence
initiatives
• Develop wide-ranging urban & rural anti-violence
policies
• Magnify community-school-faith based school safety
6. Trend Impact: Safe Passage
• Monitoring of student transportation routes by
community volunteers
• Student & parent education of current safety
issues
• Designation of area & pathway hazardous sites
• Police & crossing guard response-monitoring
• Posting violence hotspots
7. Future of School Violence
Violence will continue unless we
focus on:
• high expectations
• student responsibility
• frequent feedback
• interactive teaching
• clear teacher explanations and modeling
• mastery of academic content
• caring and demanding teachers
• strong parental involvement
8. “Safe Haven, Safe Summer”
program
• Faith-Based Initiative
• Partnership with City & Churches
• Athletic programs
• 500-1000 students involved
• Mentorship programs
• Community directed Law enforcement response
• Service learning opportunity
