The number of students who said they got in a schoolyard fight fell by 9 percent between 1991 and 1997. Fewer young people are carrying guns or taking them into schools. Only 10 percent of schools report any instance of serious crime. 43 percent reported no crime at all. 99 percent of children's deaths occur away from school.
Peak times are evenings, weekends, and vacations.
The framework also can and should be adapted to other scenarios. It is the school district and administrators' responsibility to develop crisis response plans in collaboration with the local association, local law enforcement, mental health agencies, and other appropriate entities, to update them regularly, and to plan crisis response drill and practice sessions. Like crisis plan development, the practice sessions must be a collaborative effort using input from the local association, law enforcement, ambulance and fire rescue teams, businesses, mental health organizations, parent groups, and other community organizations. The following list of scenarios and corresponding questions provides a forum for local affiliate staff to conduct a full audit of the association's resources, strengths, liabilities, and connections under a variety of crisis situations. By recording answers in the blanks provided, the association will also have a record that could be referenced later.