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| October 18, 2006 CLICK TO VIEW THESE ARTICLES SDFSC Advisory Committee to Meet A Message for Drug Free Communities Pride
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Threats
with Weapons Are Often Carried Out The Pride Survey National Summary 2004-2005 shows that 6 percent of students in grades 6-12 reported that they threatened another student with a handgun, knife or club while at school. Four percent of students reported that they actually hurt another student with those weapons, and 4 percent said they were on the receiving end of an assault with a weapon. During the same year, 4 percent of students said they carried a handgun to school. When not at school, students were far more likely to carry a gun “for protection or as a weapon” (14%). Threats involving hitting, slapping and kicking are more common than weapons threats. More than a third of students said they threatened (35%) or were threatened (38%) with hitting, slapping or kicking. And nearly a quarter of students (23%) say they were afraid another student might hurt them at school. While these numbers are chilling, it is important that school administrators understand the school climate of their building in order to prevent harmful episodes. To learn how to administer a Pride Survey, visit our web-site. It should be noted that only one of the three recent school shootings, in Cazenovia, Wisconsin, involved a student assailant. The attacks in Bailey, Colorado, and Paradise, Pennsylvania, were carried out by adult male school intruders. SDFSC
Advisory Committee to Meet The topics will be the unsafe choice option and persistently dangerous schools, as described in No Child Left Behind. The committee will make recommendations to the Secretary of Education on future plans for the SDFSC program. Efforts have been made to eliminate the State Grants portion of the SDFSC program, which directs funding to all school districts in the US, and to shift those funds to national discretionary programs that would benefit far fewer school systems. If you wish to comment, email the Office of SDFSC. More information. ASCD
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Henderson How do you use your Pride Survey? Let us know. Stay Abreast of Prevention News Pride Surveys tries to keep you informed of news that can affect your prevention programs. There are other excellent sources of information that we recommend as well. Here are just a few: Office of Safe and Drug Free Schools Prevention News Bulletin Office of National Drug Control Policy Community Prevention Listserv Community Anti-Drug Coalitions of America Coalitions Online University of Maryland Center for Substance Abuse Research U. S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse If you would like us to mention your listserve in an upcoming edition of the Pride Surveys newsletter, please drop us a line.
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