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Most Oregon Schools Removed From Safety Watch List
Portland, OR October 28, 2009
Most of the Oregon schools on last year’s safety watch list have come off of it - including one that had been on the list for four years. Rob Manning reports.
The federal No Child Left Behind law judges school safety by whether schools expel more than a certain number of students for things like fighting, or carrying weapons to school.
Schools are first put on a watch list. After three years or more on that list, they’re labeled “persistently dangerous” and have to allow students to transfer out.
McKay High School in Salem was on the list for four years. But it reduced its expulsions and came off the list this year.
SchoolTipline applauds principals in Oregon that are making a difference in the way they handle violence and
bullying incidents. SchoolTipline prevents these incidents by promoting a safe environment in schools. Keeping schools safe is a difficult
task and SchoolTipline has already made a difference in schools all across the country.
Doctors Fight Back Against Bullying
“When Kevin Epling complained about his eighth-grade son being bullied by upperclassmen, police chalked it up to kids being kids. When Brenda High lobbied legislators in her state to pass anti-bullying legislation, she was surprised at how many blew her off. Bullying, they shrugged, was just part of growing up.
No longer. For the first time, the American Academy of Pediatrics is weighing in on the subject in its official policy on the pediatrician’s role in preventing youth violence. The journal Pediatrics calls upon schools to implement comprehensive anti-bullying programs. The feds, too, have played a role, raising awareness with a campaign called Take a Stand, Lend a Hand: Stop Bullying Now.
In 1998, researchers at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development found that 30 percent of nearly 16,000 6th- to 10th-graders has either bullied other kids or been bullied. ”
Cyber-bullying discussed at school safety meeting
Cyber-bullying discussed at school safety meeting
Philly.com
Organizers of a cyber-bullying conference in Gloucester County yesterday set the tone by showing the movie Sticks and Stones.
In it, the popular Lindsay and loner Brandon share a high school English class. Though they rarely speak to each other, they exchange text messages in class and instant messages late at night.
But when Lindsay’s boyfriend gets into her computer, he sends a humiliating picture of Brandon to the entire school. One night he even messages Brandon from Lindsay’s screen name, pretending to be her. When Brandon confesses his love, she tells him to “just disappear.”
He does. The movie ends with Brandon hanging himself from a bridge.
After the viewing, the more than 300 law enforcement officials and educators on hand talked about ways to combat the misuse of technology among students.
“The crimes that are committed by technology are not going to go away,” said Sgt. Steve LaPorta of the Gloucester County Prosecutor’s Office’s cyber-crimes unit. He said Internet safety concerns have grown from child predators and cyber stalking to sexting and online harassment.
The setting for the film and discussion was the third annual School Safety and Security Conference, organized by the Prosecutor’s Office and hosted by six other county prosecutors, including those from Camden and Burlington.
In the 10 years since the Columbine shootings, the development of new technologies - e-mail, texting, instant messaging - “has really presented a challenge to all of us,” said Gloucester County School Superintendent Mark Stanwood.
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Ciberbullying is is a serious issue that should not be overlooked. Teens are taking advantage of technology to continue bullying after school. This type of depersonalized bullying can be more harmful than verbal abuse to a victim. When a teen is in front of a screen, it is easier to say things that are more hurtful than spoken words. In cyberspace there is no limit, you can be whoever you want to be.
SchoolTipline provides students with the necessary tools to report any type of bullying. It is important to empower students who are willing to help stop bullies at their schools.
Phila. schools could lose safety advocate
The Philadelphia Inquirer
Phila. schools could lose safety advocate
The Philadelphia School District stands to lose its safety watchdog, and the man who holds the job contends he’s being punished for speaking out about violence in city classrooms.
Pennsylvania officials, though, say the decision to ax the position is based only on a brutal budget.
Safety has long been a hot-button issue for the district. In 2007-08, crime there hit a record level, though preliminary numbers for last school year indicate violence was down more than 10 percent.
Union leaders and others, however, say school violence is still underreported.
Jack Stollsteimer, the current safe-schools advocate, said he worried that safety would suffer and crime would be reported even less if his office disappeared.
“There would be nobody here telling the truth about what’s going on in terms of violence in the Philadelphia schools,” he said. “They’re going to lose their only independent voice.”
The office is responsible for an annual report analyzing school violence and recommending safety fixes. Staff members also advocate in behalf of victims of violence.
Amid widespread concerns about violence in city schools, the legislature created the job nine years ago. At the time, the safe-schools advocate was the only job of its kind in the state and, for a time, was the only such job in the country.
But the office was never fully funded. Though it was designed to have a $1 million budget and a full legal staff, it has received only $387,000 for the last few years, enough to pay Stollsteimer and a handful of clerks.
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School safety should be a top priority in every school. It is imperative that schools have someone overlooking the safety of children and teens. Often, school administrators overlook incidents and don’t prioritize the need for implementing a system that ensures the safety of a school.
Even though times are tough and school budgets might be shrinking, this does not mean the safety of children should be jeopardized.
SchoolTipline provides school safety solutions that promote a unique two-way communication system in which students, administrators and counselors can work together to ensure school safety.
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