NCJ Number
155908
Date Published
1995
Length
159 pages
Annotation
This resource guide is designed to help school administrators accomplish five major goals in establishing safe school environments: assess their school climate, determine their safe school goals, develop a plan for reaching those goals, build a support network for policy development and implementation, and assist in continuing evaluation.
Abstract
The best safe school plans integrally involve the entire community, including parents, students, law enforcement, business and community leaders, and youth-serving professionals. The guide specifically outlines factors that affect school safety, discusses how to conduct a school site assessment, summarizes some legal aspects of safe school planning, and describes the issues that school administrators should consider when developing policies and procedures.