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School Management, 1974
Sometimes districts can improve their maintenance and security and find more efficient and less costly approaches to both areas when they tap their own personnel resources. Illustrations show how effectively problems have been dealt with by people of talent and ability "within the system." (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Costs, Efficiency, Elementary Secondary Education, Energy Conservation
Slater, Jack – Phi Delta Kappan, 1974
As a result of violence, vandalism, drugs, and interracial conflict, traditional concepts of high school education are changing. This journalistic report is followed by educators' comments and reactions. (DW)
Descriptors: Crime, Drug Abuse, Emotional Response, Racial Relations
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. House Committee on Education and Labor. – 1973
This pamphlet contains the text of and hearings on a House bill for improving the security of schools. The bill is designed to provide financial assistance to aid local educational agencies to meet special needs incident to providing security for children, employees, and facilities in elementary and secondary schools through the reduction and…
Descriptors: Costs, Educational Legislation, Elementary Schools, Federal Aid
Edwards, L. F. – 1971
This speech discusses security measures that could be implemented in school buildings to reduce vandalism and its associated costs. Some suggested methods for reducing vandalism include (1) employment of security guards, (2) 24-hour deployment of custodial staff, (3) installation of unbreakable doors and tamper-proof locks, and (4) use of an…
Descriptors: Construction Materials, Costs, Equipment, Guidelines
Licht, Kenneth F. – 1972
The author contends that safety and accident prevention should be given primary consideration in a school system's risk management program. He argues that accidents and losses are symptoms of defects in the management system. Two classes of loss discussed are (1) accidental -- injury/loss resulting from unintended events; and (2) purposeful --…
Descriptors: Accident Prevention, Crime, Insurance, Management Systems
Siden, David M. – Security World, 1978
Available from: Security World Publishing Co., Inc., P.O. Box 272, Culver City, California 90230.
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Guidelines, Nonprofessional Personnel, Prevention
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McQuigg, R. Bruce – NASSP Bulletin, 1984
If they are to enlisted to help reduce vandalism, student council members must receive accurate information and learn that vandalism is costly, that common sense doesn't provide all the answers concerning it, and that the public's reaction to vandalism cannot be predicted accurately. (MJL)
Descriptors: Educational Environment, School Administration, School Security, School Vandalism
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Harlan, John P.; McDowell, Charles P. – Educational Studies, 1981
Describes public school responses to crime and student delinquency in terms of behavioral expectations. The authors conclude that school discipline policies are often based more on the fear of violence, disruptive behavior, and unpredictable situations than on actual incidents. (AM)
Descriptors: Crime, Delinquent Behavior, Discipline Policy, Elementary Secondary Education
Marshall, Stanley – American School and University, 1979
A sound detection security system can help cut damages from thieves and vandals. (Author/MLF)
Descriptors: Acoustics, Alarm Systems, Costs, Elementary Secondary Education
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
New Jersey State Dept. of Education, Trenton. – 1979
New Jersey's state board of education formed a task force in 1978 to conduct a six-month study of the effectiveness of various strategies for reducing violence and vandalism in the schools. The forty-seven recommendations developed by the task force were of three types: those designed to improve state-level capabilities (areas addressed included…
Descriptors: Crime, Discipline Policy, Discipline Problems, Elementary Secondary Education
National School Resource Network, Washington, DC. – 1980
Following a costly and destructive fire, Franklin Elementary School in Newark (New Jersey) developed an action plan for reducing violence and vandalism. The plan called for ongoing cooperation between all segments of the school population and of the local, largely Hispanic, community. Security measures were strengthened, but the thrust of the…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Educational Environment, Elementary Education, Prevention
Vestermark, Seymour D., Jr.; Blauvelt, Peter D. – 1978
This guidebook offers school administrators a number of tested approaches to solving security problems that plague most school districts today. It suggests that establishing a program is the most effective way to take control of events and attempt to prevent as well as limit the effects of criminal acts in schools. The topics covered include…
Descriptors: Drug Abuse, Elementary Secondary Education, Guides, Police Action
Rubel, Robert J. – American Educator, 1978
Of the four major findings of the Safe School Study, three are concerned with the relationship between teachers and pupils in classrooms. The main thrusts of the findings are that teachers should be sensitive to adult-child relationships and fair with respect to the development and enforcement of school and classroom rules. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: Discipline, Discipline Problems, Research Utilization, School Role
Department of Justice, Washington, DC. – 1999
Despite the reports of violence in schools, the vast majority of America's schools are safe places. Nevertheless, students, teachers, and parents have real fears about school crime and violence problems. This report is a guide to combat these fears and problems. The report presents an updated description of the nature and extent of crime and…
Descriptors: Community Cooperation, Crime Prevention, Delinquency Prevention, Elementary Secondary Education
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