Tuesday, November 02, 1999
Report tracks school behavior
Aims to gauge level of safety
BY ANDREA TORTORA
The Cincinnati Enquirer
Students in Northern Kentucky's 116 public schools defied an educator's authority more than 31 times a day last year, according to a report released Monday by the Kentucky Center for School Safety.
The first of its kind in the state, the report tracks violent and criminal acts in Kentucky schools and will help educators getan idea of what's happening inside classroom walls, said Lois Adams-Rodgers, center director.
According to the report, students in Northern Kentucky schools were most likely to be in trouble for defying authority, disturbing class and fighting. There were 13 fights a day in the region's schools last year.
Suspension was the most frequent punishment for students caught breaking school policies or Kentucky law. Nearly 8,000 students were suspended last year.
“The data during this first year of reporting represents a baseline to be used by school districts, communities, the Department of Education and the Center for School Safety in planning, training and communication with a variety of stakeholders and policy makers,” Dr. Adams-Rodgers said.
Figures released Monday cover the period from July 1, 1998, to June 30, 1999.
Kentucky is only the ninth state attempting to address school violence by first gauging its dimensions. Under the state's safe schools law, schools and communities will use the data to develop programs for safe schools and violence prevention.
Ohio and Indiana do not track violent incidents statewide. Ohio lawmakers are toughening penalties for commiting crimes on school property.
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