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Providing Safe and Supportive Environments for Students

EXPECTATIONS

1. The superintendent develops and implements data-driven and research-based programs for addressing the physical, social, and emotional needs of students that are affecting their academic performance.

2. The school committee and superintendent create safe school facilities and stimulating learning environments to support student achievement.

3. The superintendent develops and implements programs and procedures for preventing school violence, fostering a drug-free learning environment, and ensuring civil preparedness.

INDICATORS

• Structures and resources are in place that students can easily access.

• Students, teachers, and parents can articulate the policies that address equity, safety, and climate.

• Surveys show that students and parents feel safe and supported and feel that schools are interesting places.

• Students and parents report that school staff members treat students fairly and that discipline is consistent.

• Data show a reduction in unsafe/risky behaviors and/or an increase in healthy behaviors.

• Disaggregated data indicate a reduction in gaps between subgroups of students in terms of unsafe behaviors, e.g., students at risk because of poverty, disability, and minority status.


This section of Information Works! contains tables that show, based on the annual SALT Survey, what students have to say about the climate of their schools: whether they get along with their teachers, whether they have been robbed, whether someone has tried to sell them drugs, whether they feel free to speak with teachers about personal or family problems and about academic issues.

You will also find data on student suspensions – the frequency of incidents, and the types of infractions that led to suspensions and data on whether students engage in healthy behaviors. All of this information is useful as schools strive to create safe facilities and stimulating learning environments.

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