Guidelines to help make schools fire-retardant and arson-proof. (Author/MLF)

Notes on topics of interest, such as a new computer-based system designed to provide more anecdotal information about student performance than that provided on traditional report cards, and a security program in which after-hours security guards check in hourly by telephone with a computer. (JF)

Describes a new system incorporating blend of intrusion detectors, proper installation of detectors, proper training of security personnel, and cooperation with local police and newspapers. (Author/MLF)

The central element of this teaching museum is an open sculpture gallery on the third-floor level, beyond the reach of vandals. (Author/MLF)

Despite discouragement about what a couple of studies reveal about some administrators' views of community education, these authors are optimistic that the concept can help schools cope with today's problems and that, perhaps, it holds the key to positive change. (Editor)

Explores two facets of school vandalism and violence: 1) responsibility as a dimension of both autonomy and maturity and 2) emerging attention to and concern for solipsism. (Author/RK)

Specifications for developing a key controlled security system. (MLF)

You know what can happen when a burgler or vandal enters a classroom. Here's what you can do to make the rip-off less likely. (Editor)

Fairfield, Connecticut, public schools are protected by an automatic fire detection system covering every area of every building through an electric monitor. An intrusion alarm system that relies primarily on pulsed infra-red beams protects the plant investment. (Author/MF)

Part of the reason Wethersfield, Connecticut, schools have been little vandalized is because maintenance people are treated as an important part of the school staff. The school district has found that students rarely vandalize a building that shows people are taking care of it. (Author/MF)

Provides practical suggestions from school plant managers who have succeeded in cutting down on washroom vandalism. In addition to doorless stalls, recessed accessories, and limiting space, the article suggests concealed piping, plaster ceilings, and removal of all target items. (EA)

The author discusses the nature of graffiti and suggests ways of understanding it and combatting it--by the use of murals, vines, shrubbery, and designed-in barriers. (KC)

Describes the alarm system used by the Memphis (Tennessee) city schools to cut vandalism costs in half. (IRT)