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Peer reviewedIrgang, Alan; Gelber, Leonard – NASSP Bulletin, 1981
Offers cost-saving suggestions for school management regarding staff, equipment and machinery, materials, and vandalism and theft prevention. (WD)
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Cost Effectiveness, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1977
The information in this report on school vandalism was gathered via questionnaires from 47 school boards across Canada. It provides suggestions to help school boards reduce the damage costs from vandalism. Topics covered include window breakage costs versus other vandalism costs; the trend, upward or downward; the time of year vandalism occurs;…
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines
Peer reviewedHightower, Toby E. – Clearing House, 1979
This paper attempts a description of some of the problems principals face, along with suggestions for solving them. The main focus is on discipline and dealing with student misconduct, but relations with parents, teachers, and police are also considered. (Author/SJL)
Descriptors: Administrative Problems, Administrator Role, Conflict Resolution, Delinquency
Download full textSouthwest Texas State Univ., San Marcos. Center for Juvenile Delinquency Prevention. – 1979
Written to help school administrators and community leaders, this pamphlet discusses school vandalism and ways to prevent it. The first sections highlight the physical, financial, and social costs of vandalism and present a profile of the typical vandal--a young teenage boy. The following sections review the psychological reasons for vandalism,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Crime Prevention, Educational Change, Educational Facilities Design
Mancuso, William A. – Executive Educator, 1983
Describes efforts of Washington Township (New Jersey) which have resulted in cutting vandalism over a three-year period to a quarter of its previous level. Outlines and prices alternative school alarm systems and offers a 30-item checklist for control of arson, burglary, and vandalism. (JMB)
Descriptors: Alarm Systems, Check Lists, Crime Prevention, Electronic Equipment
Foundation for Educational Administration, Burlingame, CA. – 1982
This guide has been prepared to assist school districts in self-appraisal of their policies governing discipline and control of violence and vandalism, and also to facilitate the development of new policies by providing model policies and procedures implemented in other school districts. Accordingly, the first section lists guidelines for policies…
Descriptors: Administrator Responsibility, Behavior Standards, Codes of Ethics, Delinquency Prevention
Scrimger, Glen C.; Elder, Rory – 1981
Recommendations for preventing school vandalism and theft are provided in this guide. Following an introduction which cites factors related to school violence and steps which can be taken to reduce crime, the following general measures are discussed: (1) firm and fair school discipline including codes of conduct; (2) enforcement against loitering…
Descriptors: Check Lists, Codes of Ethics, Community Involvement, Crime Prevention
