Keeping Schools Safe

Joaquin Jay Gonzalez III, Ph.D., is vice provost for global affairs as well as chair and Mayor George Christopher Professor of Public Administration at Golden Gate University. He founded GGU’s law enforcement and security program and is a San Francisco advocate for the safety and security of Filipino American kids and their families. Roger L. Kemp, Ph.D., ICMA-CM, has been a city manager on both the East and West coasts for more than 25 years. He is presently Distinguished Adjunct Professor of Public Administration at Golden Gate University and a Fellow of The Academy of Political Science.

• Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrefacePart I. Introduction1. Colorado Shooting Eerily Recalls Columbine MassacreJillian Peterson and James Densley2. Searching for Safety: Where Children Hide When Gunfire Is All Too CommonCara Anthony3. How Political Pessimism Helps Doom Tougher Gun LawsAlec MacGillis4. 100,000 NYC Schoolchildren Face ­Airport-Style Security Screening EveryCecilia ReyesPart II. Risk Mitigation• A. Plan and Prepare •5. Blue Ribbon Panel on School Safety RecommendationLos Angeles City Attorney’s Office6. Final Report: Missouri Governor’s School Safety Task ForceMike Kehoe7. School Climate and EmergenciesU.S. Department of Education8. Systematic Approach to Improve SecurityU.S. Department of Homeland Security9. Basic School District/School Plan FormatPennsylvania Emergency Management Agency10. Beginning the Planning ProcessPennsylvania Emergency Management Agency11. PreparednessPennsylvania Emergency Management Agency12. School Safety and SecurityWashington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction• B. Practice and Train •13. Chicago’s Safe Passage ProgramF. Chris Curran14. Award-Winning Tips on Community Health and SafetyRebecca DeSantis15. Books, Binders, ­Bleed-Control KitsSandy West16. Prevention and MitigationPennsylvania Emergency Management Agency17. Schools Should Heed Calls to Do Lockdown Drills Without TraumatizingJaclyn Schildkraut18. Do Lockdown Drills Do Any Good?Jaclyn Schildkraut• C. Response, Recovery, Review •19. Beyond the Parkland School ShootingsLeonard Matarese20. Lessons Learned from Mass ShootingsPhilip Schaenman and Hollis Stambaugh21. ResponsePennsylvania Emergency Management Agency22. RecoveryPennsylvania Emergency Management AgencyPart III. Interventions• A. Threat Assessment •23. Threat Assessments Crucial to Prevent School ShootingsDewey Cornell24. A Threat Assessment ModelU.S. Secret Service25. Creating a Targeted Violence Prevention PlanU.S. Department of Homeland Security26. School Shooters Usually Show These Signs of DistressJillian Peterson and James Densley27. Analyzing Online Posts Could Help Spot Future Mass Shooters and TerroristsNeil Shortland and Allyssa McCabe• B. Active Shooter •28. Shots Fired! Is Your Community Ready for an Active Shooter?Rod Gould and Jack Brown29. Active Shooter: How to RespondU.S. Department of Homeland Security30. Active Shooter SituationsU.S. Department of Education• C. Guns and Weapons •31. Weapons and SchoolsWashington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction32. Mass Shootings Do Little to Change State Gun LawsJoaquin Sapien33. More States Are Allowing Guns on College CampusesNeal H. Hutchens and Kerry B. Melear34. Why Trump’s Idea to Arm Teachers May Miss the MarkAimee Huff and Michelle Barnhart35. Arming ­Non-Teaching StaffIan Smith36. Republicans Say No to CDC Gun Violence ResearchLois Beckett37. How the Gun Control Debate Ignores Black LivesLois Beckett• D. Gangs and Bullying •38. Comprehensive Technical Package for the Prevention of Youth ViolenceNational Center for Injury Prevention and Control39. At-Risk Youth in Schools: A Wraparound Delinquency Prevention ProgramNational Institute of Justice40. Gangs vs. ExtremistsNational Institute of Justice41. Chicago Public Schools Monitored Social Media for Signs of Violence, Gang MembershipAaron Leibowitz and Sarah Karp42. Bullying ModuleCalifornia Department of Education43. Teen Cyberbullying Content Assessed in the Context of Social NetworksNational Institute of Justice• E. School Resource Officers, Police and Fire Departments •44. The Future of Police Services in Our Nation’s Cities and SchoolsRoger L. Kemp and Paul J. Figueroa45. School Resource Officers—Community PerspectiveCenter for Public Safety Management and International City/County Management Association46. School Resource Officers and the Family Educational Rights and PrivacyU.S. Department of Education47. Video of ­6-Year-Old Girl’s Arrest Shows the Perils of Putting Police in Primary SchoolsF. Chris Curran48. The Role of the Fire Department in School SafetyDemond Simmons• F. Mental and Behavioral Health •49. Keeping Students Safe Is a Growth Industry Struggling to Fulfill Its MissionJohn S. Carlson50. Preventing Adverse Childhood ExperiencesU.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention51. Washington State Law on Behavioral Care Balances Parental Rights, Teens’ AutonomyMichelle Andrews52. Myth vs. Fact: Violence and Mental HealthLois Beckett53. What Mass Shootings Do to Those Not ShotArash Javanbakht54. Among U.S. States, New York’s Suicide Rate Is the Lowest. How’s That?Michelle Andrews• G. Race and Discipline •55. School Suspensions Don’t Stop Violence—They Help Students CelebrateCharles Bell56. Rethinking School DisciplineU.S. Department of Education57. Alternative Approaches Needed to End Racial Disparities in School DisciplineJonathan F. Zaff58. The Obama Administration’s “Rethink School Discipline” GuidanceFederal Commission on School SafetyPart IV. The Future59. Have We Become Too Paranoid About Mass Shootings?Jaclyn Schildkraut60. Why Security Measures Won’t Stop School ShootingsBryan Warnick, Benjamin A. Johnson and Sam Rocha61. “None of the Children at the School Are Safe”Jodi S. Cohen and Jennifer Smith Richards62. What Schools Can Do to Reduce the Risk That Teachers and Other Educators Will Sexually Abuse ChildrenDavid FinkelhorAppendicesAppendix A: Glossary, Abbreviations and Acronyms on School Safety and SecurityAlan R. Roper and Joaquin Jay Gonzalez IIIAppendix B: Eight Steps for Creating a Comprehensive Targeted Violence Prevention PlanU.S. Department of EducationAppendix C: The Safe Schools for Safe Learning Act of 2013State of CaliforniaAppendix D: Sample Firearms Safety MemorandumCalifornia Department of EducationAppendix E: Internet Safety LetterCalifornia Department of EducationAppendix F: Compliance Tool for a Comprehensive School Safety PlanCalifornia Department of EducationAbout the ContributorsIndex