Jessica Logan Act, H.B. 116: Ohio passed Jan., 2012

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   New State law gives school districts reach to punish cyberbullyin ...

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"Restorative Practices"

Click Safer Schools' left page: "Restorative Practices..." (videos included)

"Restorative Practices" can help students, families, educators, staff, and schools improve school climate, classroom management and student discipline.

"Got 2B Safe" Winner: Amy Payne, GCS 3rd grade teacher

$10,0000 remade room greets third-graders : News-Record.com ...

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Life = Risk (1:16 min. video)

3 things you can do to psychologically prepare your children to have a successful year

Dr. Gregory Ramey, child psychologist and vice president at
Dayton Children's Medical Center

On left pages of "Safer Schools" blog:  click title, "3 things you can do to ..." (after Community Initiatives for "Safer Schools")

 

Sheriff BJ Barnes recognized

and "received a service award for significant contributions and 10 or more consecutive years of dedication and service as sheriff to the state of North Carolina and the residents of Guilford County at the NC Sheriffs' Association's 90th annual training conference in Sunset Beach.  This is the first time in the history of the association that a service award has been presented to members."
Greensboro News & Record, 8-19-2012

Sheriff BJ Barnes, Congratulations! and
Thank you for working with students, families, educators, staff, citizens, and community for "Safer Schools".

August: Back to Schools Safety Month

School Resource Officer Program:
* Greensboro City: Sergeant J. Heard
* Guilford County: Captain Robert Elliott
* High Point City: Lieutenant Julie Carroll

Click "Safer Schools" left page: "August: Back to Schools Safety Month"

Parent/Personal Responsibility: Patrick Tillman, Sheriff BJ Barnes

"At our meeting on Thursday, August 2, we had an outstanding program with Guilford County Sheriff B.J. Barnes, Patrick Tillman (candidate at large, Guilford County School Board), and Barbara Leland with Safer Schools.

Sheriff Barnes and Patrict Tillman talked with passion about the issues of parenting, personal responsibilty and accountability. Sheriff Barnes said that many times, as kids get into trouble with the legal system, it is bad parenting rather than bad kids. We have great teachers in the school system. We need to give them support when they discipline their students and the students need to understand there are consquences for their actions and they will be held accountable. We can break the cycle and help them fulfill their potential. Barbara Leland thanked Sheriff Barnes and Patrick Tillman for their support of teachers who have had serious confrontations with students in the class room."

Guilford College Civitans

Parents' Accountability: Carla Strickland, Mayor, Pleasant Garden, NC

"I read the article (April 17) about the kindergartener from Atlanta who had been handcuffed for disruptive behavior.  I also read that, in Texas, non traffic tickets are issued to juveniles for bad behavior in schools.

The purpose of school is to educate our students and not to manage misbehavior.  It's the parents' responsibility to manage the behavior of their own children.

Perhaps if we adopted the methods used in Texas and fined the parents for their children's bad behavior, we might see better behaved children in our schools."

Carla Strickland,
Mayor, Pleasant Garden, NC
News & Record: 4-25-2012

Bully Lesson: Felissa Elfenbein

 "A teacher in New York was teaching her class about bullying and gave them the following exercise to perform.

She had the children take a piece of paper and told them to crumple it up, stamp on it and really mess it up but do not rip it. Then she had them unfold the paper, smooth it out and look at how scarred and dirty it was.
She then told them to tell it they were sorry. Now even though they said they were sorry and tried to fix the paper, she pointed out all the scars they left behind.
And that those scars will never go away no matter how hard they tried to fix it. That is what happens when a child bullies another child, they may say they’re sorry but the scars are there forever.
The looks on the faces of the children in the classroom told her the message hit home.
Pass it on or better yet, if you're a parent or a teacher, do it with your child/children."

By: Felissa Elfenbein

Tues., 8-14-2012: 6pm: Repeat Violent Crime Offender Call-In

Tuesday, August 14^th at 6:00pm: Repeat Violent Crime Offender Call-In at City Hall (211 South Hamilton Street, High Point). 

Call-In is where offenders who have repeated violent crime, many who have recently been released from prison and all who are still on probation, will be confronted by the community and the police (all law enforcement including prosecutors).  Offenders are given a chance to change their lives, offered help and are warned that if they reoffend that they will be vigorously prosecuted and their sentences will be far above normal in severity.  

The High Point Police Department, NC Probation and the High Point Community Against Violence have been conducting these Call-Ins for 14 years and it is part of the reason that violent crime is down 54% in High Point. 

YOUR PRESENCE is NEEDED….please come on August 14 and take a stand against crime. A large audience is a way for us all, without saying a word, to show that we are UNITED for a safer community. See you August 14^th, 6PM.

Believe in yourself - always! 4:46 min. video

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Life Secrets

"Success is the progressive realization of a worthy ideal." Earl Nightingale

Based on Earl's quote, success is

• The school teacher who is teaching school because that's what he or she wants to do.
• The woman who is a wife and mother because she wanted to become a wife and mother and is doing a good job of it.
• The entrepreneur who starts his/her own company because that was their dream...that's what they wanted to do.

Life Secrets

Psychiatrist Called Threat Team About Aurora Shooting Suspect James Holmes

8-1-2012

By MARK GREENBLATT AND ENJOLI FRANCIS | ABC News

Aurora, Colo., shooting suspect James Holmes came to the attention of the threat assessment committee at the University of Colorado but no further action was taken because he left the school more than a month before the attack that killed 12 and injured 58, sources told ABC News.

ABC News has learned that Dr. Lynne Fenton, the psychiatrist who was treating Holmes, 24, at the school, was also a key member of the university's threat assessment team. The group of experts were responsible for protecting the school from potentially violent students.

KMGH-TV, ABC News' affiliate in Denver, reported exclusively that, according to sources, by early June, Fenton had informed other members of the team about her concerns regarding Holmes.

But on June 10 -- three days after Holmes bought an assault weapon and added it to his already growing arsenal -- he suddenly told the university that he was dropping out of the neurosciences doctoral program with no explanation.

KMGH-TV reported last week that he'd purchased the weapon hours after failing a key oral exam.

On Monday, Holmes was charged with 24 counts of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises."

Twelve people were killed and 58 were wounded in the worst mass shooting in U.S. history. Each death carried two separate murder charges, one for showing premeditation and one for showing extreme indifference to life. Both of the charges carry the death penalty as a possible sentence.

Sources have told KMGH-TV that the threat assessment team never had a formal meeting and never intervened, believing that it had no control over Holmes once he'd left the university. Documents uncovered by ABC News show that Fenton also wrote the school's policy on threat assessment.

Michael Carrigan, chairman of the CU board of regents, told KMGH that he did not know if Holmes had ever been discussed by the threat assessment team. "It's the first I'm hearing about this," he said in a phone interview.

A CU spokeswoman declined comment to KMGH on Fenton or any threat-team team actions, citing a gag order.

Don Elliman, the university's chancellor, said last week that "to the best of our knowledge, at this point, we did everything we think we could have done."

But experts said today that Holmes' departure should have been a red alert.

"You know, I think that's the signal that you should intensify your efforts, not walk away," said Barry Spodak, a threat assessment expert. "Under those circumstances, most well-trained threat assessment teams would have gone into action."




(Violence Risk Threat Assessment: Peruse "Safer Schools' page on left)

"No one cares how much you know, until they know how much you care."

Theodore Roosevelt