School Safety

Dr. Rocky Wallace is Professor of Education at Campbellsville University in Kentucky and has been teaching and writing about servant leadership for twenty years. Former principal of a Blue Ribbon School, he has authored and edited twelve books on servant leadership and has published numerous articles.Dr. Ann Burns is Associate Professor and Leadership Programs Coordinator at Eastern Kentucky University. Ann currently teaches School Administration and Educational Doctoral courses at EKU. Her professional career has spanned all levels of P-12 and post-secondary education.Dr. Stephanie Sullivan is Assistant professor at Murray State University, where she has been the Coordinator of the Education Administration Program and currently serves as Chair of the Early Childhood and Elementary Department. Stephanie formerly served in the K-12 setting as a teacher, counselor, and administrator.

What makes this book so valuable to the practicing school administrator is that the editors draw from real life. They present 24 actual safety events in schools, ranging from a missing student to a school shooting. They analyze each occurrence, examining actions (or inactions) of school staff and what could have been handled differently.

• AcknowledgmentsForeword Introduction (Byron Darnall)The Research: Safe from the Inside Out (Lu Settles Young)Ch. 1: Missing Child (Rocky Wallace)Ch. 2: One Down…Maybe More (Stephanie Sullivan and Abigale Morris)Ch. 3: Panic at the Disco (Ann Burns)Ch. 4: Phrases (Keith Griesser)Ch. 5: Community Disaster (Abigale Morris) Ch. 6: Not in My School (Chuck Hamilton) Ch. 7: We Have a Runner (Neely Traylor)Ch. 8: The Apple Did Not Fall Far from the Tree (William Engle) Ch. 9: School Safety and Resiliency Act of 2019 (Ben Wilcox)Ch. 10: Fear of the Unknown (Brett Burton)Ch. 11: Enraged Student (Veda Stewart)Ch. 12: The Power of a Trusting Relationship (Carrie Ballinger)Ch. 13: Leadership Practices for Success in Crisis Situations (Kevin Hub)Ch. 14: Keep Everyone Safe (Michael W. Kessinger)Ch. 15: Baby Bear Wants His Porridge…Now! (Franklin Thomas)Ch. 16: Bad Decisions Can Be Made with the Best Intentions (Rebecca Howell)Ch. 17: Ready at All Costs, or Ready at All (Leslie Todd Watts)Ch. 18: We Can’t Do Everything (Krystal Conway-Cunningham and Michael W. Kessinger)Ch. 19: The Quiet Kid (Taylor Lauck and Christina Drury)Ch. 20: Anonymous Caller (J.P. Rader) Ch. 21: It’s Not Going to Happen Here (Bill Sullivan)Ch. 22: Cell Phone Safety (Myram Brady, Rachel Addison-Miller and Pamela Puryear)Ch. 23: Security Scare, Internet Style (Holly Hunt and Kim Puckett)Ch. 24: Student Voice (Toni Konz Tatman)Closing ThoughtsAppendix—Promising Practices from the Kentucky Center for School SafetyReference Page