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SAFETY & SECURITY FORUM ESTABROOK RECREATION CENTER OCTOBER 29, 2007 |
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Focused Discussion Area |
Responses/Comments |
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Customer Service
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Parents complained of the communication gap between the District getting important information to parents about the safety forums and other important updates. |
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Some parents complained over District’s automated information calling system. |
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Requests for social resources for troubled students. |
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Parents praised schools, staff and the dress code. |
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General |
Need for vocational programs in schools. |
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New lunch process creating issues with students getting to class on time. |
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Student concerns about the safety of other students who skip/cut school during the day. |
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Don’t like K-8 students in one building. |
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Request for a unified dress code. |
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Teachers having trouble enforcing the dress code. |
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Administration should evaluate dress code. |
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Safety & Security |
Need for all to wear student IDs. |
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School security assessment for after school activities.(i.e. doors propped open, security on site, new door locks, a buzz entry system). |
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Purchasing process is underway for metal detectors…. Should be in schools 4-6 weeks after purchase is complete |
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One metal detector for every 500 students |
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District wide safety audit will take place Nov. 13th – 16th, 2007. |
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Budget for new security plan partially funding by state. |
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Student cell phone use allowed ONLY in emergencies, before and after school….unauthorized use results in confiscation of the phone. |
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Concerns over the RED/BLUE security code system – are there going to be more measures need to be taken to ensure safety of students while teachers are executing the code system? |
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Academic |
Student concerns that they don’t have permanent teachers and the number of substitutes in and out of their classrooms are impacting their ability to pass tests. |
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OGT graduation . |
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