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Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 School Safety Update Guilford County Schools Presentation to the Board of Education July 28, 2011 1

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Overview • Key Points for Data Interpretation • Strategic Plan Goals for Student Safety • Strengths and Focus Areas • Actions for 2011 -2012 2

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Data Interpretation • Changes in definitions of “Reportable Offenses” • Addition of reporting categories • Heightened awareness of criminal consequence for failure to report • Increased training for principals 3

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Suspensions and Expulsions # Short-Term # Long-Term Out-of-School # Expulsions Suspensions 2007 -08 12, 016 100 1 2008 -09 11, 928 41 0 2009 -10 10, 881 93 0 2010 -11 10, 781 115 0 4

Code of Conduct Annual Comparisons 2007 - 2008 40, 000 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 37, 626 35, 000 30, 000 27, 131 26, 993 25, 520 25, 000 20, 000 15, 000 10, 300 10, 504 9, 914 10, 000 11, 469 12, 123 12, 323 12, 021 10, 825 12, 116 11, 969 10, 974 10, 896 5, 000 0 OFFENSES/OFFICE REFERRALS OFFENDERS OFFENSES RESULTING IN ISS OFFENSES RESULTING IN OSS 5

Number of Out of School Suspensions by Ethnicity & Gender 2007 -2008 to 2010 -2011 2007 -2008 F M 25 73 51 115 2655 6002 156 414 200 360 0 4 466 1595 3553 8563 Am. Ind Asian Black Hispanic Multi-Racial Unknown White Total 2008 -2009 F M 22 66 30 139 2630 6006 137 417 180 394 0 0 403 1545 3402 8567 2009 -2010 F M 25 46 30 114 2364 5336 145 427 161 381 0 0 362 1583 3087 7887 2010 -2011 F M 24 49 32 103 2247 5421 175 441 157 349 1 0 366 1531 3002 7894 7000 6000 5000 Am. Ind Asian 4000 Black 3000 Hispanic Multi-Racial 2000 Unknown 1000 White 0 F M 2007 -2008 F M 2008 -2009 F M 2009 -2010 F M 2010 -2011 6

Number of Unique Students Suspended Out of School by Ethnicity & Gender 2007 -2008 to 2010 -2011 2007 -2008 F M 15 31 33 73 1501 2905 103 252 96 191 0 2 323 962 2071 4416 Am. Ind Asian Black Hispanic Multi-Racial Unknown White Total 2008 -2009 F M 16 31 25 85 1524 2883 101 272 111 196 0 0 282 926 2059 4393 2009 -2010 F M 16 26 26 75 1377 2637 96 260 91 204 0 0 266 934 1872 4136 2010 -2011 F M 13 23 25 69 1344 2670 113 265 102 196 1 0 256 906 1854 4129 3000 2500 Am. Ind 2000 Asian 1500 Black Hispanic 1000 Multi-Racial Unknown 500 White 0 F M 2007 -2008 F M 2008 -2009 F M 2009 -2010 F M 2010 -2011 7

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 GCS Strategic Plan 2012 Area V – School Safety & Character Development • V. D – Decrease the number of overall out-of-school suspensions related to non-compliance and discourteous acts by 15%. • V. E – Decrease the number of State Reportable Incidents of inappropriate behavior per 1, 000 students by 10%. 8

Rule 6 (Noncompliance) Annual Comparisons 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 12, 000 11, 053 10, 000 9, 536 9, 116 8, 755 8, 000 6, 000 4, 752 4, 672 4, 460 4, 396 4, 000 4, 814 4, 612 4, 748 3, 934 3, 666 3, 671 3, 041 2, 629 2, 000 0 OFFENSES/OFFICE REFERRALS OFFENDERS OFFENSES RESULTING IN ISS OFFENSES RESULTING IN OSS 9

Rule 8 (Discourteous Acts) Annual Comparisons 2007 - 2008 - 2009 - 2010 - 2011 9, 000 7, 934 8, 000 7, 013 6, 427 6, 085 6, 000 5, 000 3, 761 4, 000 4, 012 3, 630 3, 743 3, 306 3, 355 3, 182 2, 743 3, 000 2, 560 2, 987 2, 652 2, 235 2, 000 1, 000 0 OFFENSES/OFFICE REFERRALS OFFENDERS OFFENSES RESULTING IN ISS OFFENSES RESULTING IN OSS 10

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Progress Toward Goals Strategic Plan Goal V. D – Decrease the number of overall out-of-school suspensions related to non-compliance (Rule 6) and discourteous acts (Rule 8) by 15%. GOAL: Decrease from 6, 972 to 5, 926 (15%) 2007 -2008 6, 972 Baseline 2008 -2009 7, 026 +0. 8% (increase from baseline) 2009 -2010 6, 028 -13. 5% (decrease from baseline) 2010 -2011 5, 281 -24. 3% (decrease from baseline) (Met Strategic Plan Goal!) 11

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Reportable Offenses North Carolina General Statue 115 C-288 indicates the procedures for reporting specific offenses to school administrators, and if necessary, law enforcement authorities. Sixteen (16) “reportable offenses” must be reported to law enforcement, the superintendent and the Department of Public Instruction. Additionally, there are eleven (11) offenses that must be reported to the superintendent and the Department of Public Instruction. Each reportable offense spans a continuum of severity. 12

Comparison of Reportable Acts/Violent Acts 2007 -08 thru 2010 -11 Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Reporting Category SCV Report Code Description of Reportable Offense 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 AR AW AP BT BS D K PA PS PF PW R RW Assault Resulting in Serious Injury Assault Involving Use of a Weapon Assault on School Personnel Bomb Threat Burning of a School Building Death By Other Than Natural Causes Kidnapping Possession of Alcoholic Beverage Possession of Controlled Substance Poss. of Firearm or Powerful Explosive Possession of a Weapon Rape Robbery WITH a Dangerous Weapon 14 RO Robbery WITHOUT a Dangerous Weapon 15 16 17 SA SO IM Sexual Assault Sexual Offense Taking Indecent Liberties with a Minor Total Reported Acts of Crime and Violence # of Acts 2007 -08 2008 -09 2009 -10 2010 -11 6 1 61 3 2 0 0 41 273 6 240 0 0 5 0 0 0 7 0 39 4 0 0 0 47 235 0 203 0 0 9 1 0 0 9 2 41 4 1 0 0 40 280 6 206 0 0 15 3 1 0 0 5 84 13 1 0 0 54 284 4 234 0 1 7 13 0 0 638 545 608 *693 *Total does not include Robbery WITHOUT a Dangerous Weapon, which is no longer a legally reportable offense. Note: Bolded items are offenses that contribute to a school being designated as “Persistently Dangerous”. 13

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Reportable Acts Increased from 608 offenses to 693 Level 2009 -10 # of Acts 2010 -11 # of Acts Difference HS MS ES ALT 405 122 67 14 444 162 78 9 +39 +40 +11 -5 Total 608 693 85 14

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Assaults on Staff Increased from 41 offenses to 84 offenses Difference 2009 -10 # of Schools 2010 -11 # of Schools Difference 41 +24 5 11 +6 14 28 +14 9 15 +6 ES 9 13 +4 8 11 +3 ALT 1 2 +1 Total 41 84 +43 23 39 +16 Level 2009 -10 # of Acts 2010 -11 # of Acts HS 17 MS 15

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Possession of Alcohol Increased from 40 offenses to 54 offenses 2010 -11 Difference # of Acts 2009 -10 2010 -11 # of Schools Level 2009 -10 # of Acts HS MS ALT 22 12 6 39 15 0 +17 +3 -6 6 10 1 7 13 0 Total 40 54 +14 17 20 16

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Possession of Weapon (excludes firearm) Increased from 206 offenses to 234 Level 2009 -10 # of Acts 2010 -11 # of Acts Difference HS MS ES ALT 89 63 51 3 94 76 63 1 +5 +13 +12 -2 Total 206 234 +28 17

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Progress Toward Goals Strategic Plan Goal V. E – Decrease the number of State Reportable Incidents of inappropriate behavior per 1, 000 students by 10%. GOAL: Decrease from 638 to 574 (10%) 2007 -2008 638 Baseline 2008 -2009 545 -14. 6% (decrease from baseline) 2009 -2010 608 - 4. 7% (decrease from baseline) 2010 -2011 693 +8. 62% (increase from baseline) (Missed Strategic Plan Goal) 18

Comparison of NCDPI Other “ 11” Reportable Offenses Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Description of Reportable Offense 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Bullying Discrimination Verbal Harassment Sexual Harassment Violent Assault not resulting in Serious Injury Fighting ∆ Communication Threats Gang Activity Extortion Property Damage Possession of Tobacco Products Total * Included in bullying total for 2009 -10 school year. ++ Data was not disaggregated for this category. ∆ These numbers reflect offenses, not incidents of fighting. # of Acts 2009 -10 2010 -11 169 * * * 190 2038 ++ 76 6 152 275 2906 72 2 49 12 431 2144 ++ 81 5 274 241 3311 19

Focus Areas and Strategies for 2011 -12 Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Focus Areas • • • Assaults on School Staff Bomb Threats Possession of Alcoholic Beverages Possession of Weapons (excluding firearms) Sexual Assaults Regional and School Strategies 20

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Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Highlights from the Data • Decrease in Out-of-School Suspensions • • Decrease in In-School Suspensions Increase in a number of reportable offenses Comparing data from previous years has limitations More effective capturing of other student behavior management strategies 22

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Next Steps 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Review new legislation Collect student safety perception data Prepare for the weekly transmission of data to NCDPI Provide additional training and resources to schools Enhance the role of the Student Services Administrators 6. Establish effective alternatives to suspensions 7. Conduct thorough review of district’s Safe Schools Plan 8. Conduct safety assessments at all district schools 23

Guilford County Schools 712 North Eugene Street • Greensboro, NC 27401 Questions & Answers ? 24