Safety

The Safety Commission aims to assist in providing a safe environment at home, at school, and in the community for children and youth, with the goal to educate and involve parents, teachers, students, and community members in safety issues. We aim to develop and implement programs that educate and inform in order to meet the needs of your community in safety issues.

The Safety Commission areas of concern are as follows:

  • General Safety
    • Poison Control
    • Child Restraints/Seat Belt Safety
    • Firearm Safety
    • Fire Safety
  • Safety Getting to School
    • Bicycle Safety/Helmet Use
    • Safe Routes
  • Safety in School
    • Bullying
    • Safe and Healthy Schools
    • School Physical Safety
  • Child Abuse and Human Trafficking
    • Internet Crimes Against Children
    • Human Trafficking Prevention Education
  • Emergency Preparedness
  • Crime Prevention
  • Drug Prevention
  • Gang Activity
  • Internet Safety and Digital Citizenship
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Bullying and Hazing

Bullying is a range of behaviors, both verbal and physical, that intimidate others and often lead to antisocial and unlawful acts. Bullying is pervasive and leads to violence.

Child Restraints/Seat Belts

Motor vehicle crashes represent one of the leading causes of injury/death in the United States today. Safety belts, both lap and shoulder, must be used with air bags.

Cults

It is important to understand that the student may be taking the first steps into cult activity while it is perceived as fun, and yet they may become deeply immersed in a relatively short period of time. Any involvement with a destructive cult can affect free will and judgment.

Fire Safety

Fire season - All seasons of the year

Gang Activity

Gang activity and gang violence have become serious problems in urban areas and are rapidly spreading into suburban and rural communities as well. Many schools have become centers of violence and fear rather than safe centers for learning. However ominous the threat of gangs may seem, parents can prevent their children from joining. The support and nurturing children receive at home enable them to make good decisions and to find alternatives to gang involvement.

Gun Safety

Each year in the United States, nearly 300 children aged 17 and under gain access to a firearm and unintentionally shoot themselves or someone else. Nearly 500 more die by suicide with a gun.

Internet Safety

What parents can do to implement internet safety.

Pedestrian Safety

There is a growing concern among parents, educators, and organizations about the safety of children who walk or bike to school. With increased traffic congestion around schools, the trend in recent years is fewer students walking and biking to school, which only causes more traffic and discourages children and parents from choosing this healthy activity.

Playground Safety

Common playground hazards and recommended actions that parents and others can take to increase playground safety.

Poison Control

Poison-proofing your home

Pornography

Internet pornography has reached epidemic proportions.

Prescription Drugs and Over-the-Counter Medications

One of the fastest growing threats to youth today is the abuse of prescription and over-the-counter (OTC) drugs.

Safe Schools/School Violence

Although most schools are safe, the violence that occurs in our neighborhoods and communities has found its way inside the schoolhouse door. However, if we understand what leads to violence and the types of support that research has shown are effective in preventing violence, we can make our schools safer. Also, the threat of violence within the school community setting is a reality that must be faced and included in emergency/crisis/disaster planning.

School Bus Safety

Most school bus fatalities occur when children are outside the bus, and 75% of these fatalities involve children under the age of nine.

School Emergency Preparedness

Each school should have an emergency response plan including prevention, intervention, and response measures for school violence and natural disasters. A well thought out and practiced plan is an excellent beginning in raising the level of awareness of students and school personnel to the reality of life-threatening hazards.

Teen Driver Safety

Driving is a skill and it requires practice to be competent.

Vandalism and Graffiti

Vandalism and graffiti are not pranks. They are crimes—costly ones.

Safety Resources

Resources for all safety commission areas of concern

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