SRHS Safety Update: January 2013

Sanborn Regional High School administrators collect data on all discipline and safety referrals that are made by staff and students. The chart below gives a five year summary of that end-of-year referral data which is reported to the State of New Hampshire as part of the school’s annual safety survey.

Infraction Type	07-08	08-09	09-10	10-11	11-12
Electronic Equipment	45	50	41	169	93
Left Class w/o Permission or Tardy	136	93	76	126	43
Dress Code Violation	7	12	9	77	11
Cut Class/Advisory	397	304	180	445	151
Cut Teacher or Office Detention	297	33	15	41	13
Other Misbehavior	567	366	296	454	570
Off School Grounds	101	129	75	76	94
Profanity/Rudeness/Disrespect	95	74	108	76	94
Fighting / Aggressive Behavior	24	25	20	24	16
Tobacco/Alcohol/Weapons/Drugs	31	19	40	25	23
Harassment/Threat/Bullying	20	26	25	56	43
Fire Alarm/Bomb Threat	1	1	0	0	2
Total Referrals To Administration	1721	1132	885	1569 *	1153

* The spike in data in this year was impacted by a change in administration & reporting procedures.

The chart below shows how discipline referrals are as we approach the half-way point of the 2012-2013 school year compared to the half-way point in previous years:

Infraction Type	07-08	08-09	09-10	10-11	11-12	12-13
Electronic Equipment	28	19	25	98	60	31
Left Class w/o Permission or Tardy	130	43	55	49	12	28
Dress Code Violation	5	2	3	11	5	4
Cut Class/Advisory	259	121	101	196	129	96
Cut Teacher or Office Detention	175	23	12	26	4	24
Other Misbehavior	314	157	119	199	230	131
Off School Grounds	40	59	33	23	40	15
Profanity/Rudeness/Disrespect	55	51	43	24	29	32
Fighting / Aggressive Behavior	11	15	13	5	8	7
Tobacco/Alcohol/Weapons/Drugs	21	8	18	11	8	9
Harassment/Threat/Bullying	8	12	12	28	19	5
Fire Alarm/Bomb Threat	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total Referrals To Administration	1046	510	434	670	544	382

Student Behavior as Part of the Redesign Plan

At the start of the 2012-2013 school year, the administration of SRHS renewed its commitment to addressing student discipline and safety concerns as they relate to school culture. As part of the “three pillar plan for redesign”, pillar three specifically addresses this area as follows:

Pillar 3 (Climate & Culture): We foster a school culture for all stakeholders that promotes respect, responsibility, ambition, and pride.

In the 2011-2012 school year, SRHS conducted a climate and culture survey with all staff and students. After a review of the data from that survey a group of students, parents, teachers, and administrators reached the following conclusion regarding student behavior as it relates to the climate and culture of the building:

“The current systems that are in place to monitor and address concerns about student behavior need to be improved. In general, stakeholders believe that student misbehavior is not addressed consistently by adults in the building and students need to feel empowered to feel comfortable “speaking up” to their peers.”

-SRHS Culture Survey Executive Summary, Presented to the School Board on 5/23/2012

In the fall of 2013, SRHS contracted Dr. Bill Preble of Main Street Academix in Henniker, NH to work with the school to address this specific issue. Over the next two years, Dr. Preble’s work with SRHS will focus on the following two objectives:

1.      To work with the administration and a leadership team of students, teachers, and community members to facilitate the exploration, design, piloting, full implementation, and evaluation and sustainability of a highly successful student behavioral management and support system to replace the current “student discipline system” at SRHS.

2.      To maximize faculty, student and community buy-in and support throughout the process by ensuring transparency and effective, ongoing communication and planning for sustainability.

Beginning this month, groups of adults and students will begin meeting with Dr. Preble to begin this work. The administration will keep the School Board updated on the progress as the year progresses.

Respectfully Submitted,

Brian M. Stack, Principal

Michael Turmelle, Assistant Principal

Ann Hadwen, Assistant Principal