The Family Resource Network realizes that creating and maintaining a safe environment in all Philadelphia schools is critical to increasing student achievement. Students cannot learn if they are afraid in school and cannot achieve if they are afraid to come to school. Safety for our students includes insuring students are safe on their way to and from school, preventing weapons from entering school buildings, promoting a drug free environment, protecting students from danger, and decreasing the numbers of students who are truant and who commit crimes.
Schools Develop a school climate which sets and reinforces high standards for student conduct.
Schools are safer when there are defined rules, high expectations for student behavior and predicable consequences for behaviors. Implement a total school safety and crisis plan . Each school should have a school safety team who reviews the safety plan and updates it annually. Reviews and revisions should be data driven. Note when and where serious incidents occur and plan accordingly.