November 2010
From the Community
Youth Violence Statistics
Customer in the News
Upcoming Events

Wow, it's already November. It's hard to believe that it's three months into the school year and winter break is almost upon us. As each administrator settles into the school year, communication with staff should remain the number one priority for safety success. For our customers, they rely on PublicSchoolWORKS's (PSW) to manage much of the safety communication and to make it easy and open between administration, teachers and staff.

 

Good communication doesn't need to be laborious or complicated. By integrating PublicSchoolWORKS' Staff Safety Reporting Systems, the notification, tracking and documentation of all safety reports is managed, both those resulting in injury and damage to district property and those reports that do not result in injury or damage. By early notification of safety concerns, administrators can get a jump on on their prevention and putting controls in place, thus reducing the district's risk of more serious issues.

 

As reports are submitted from anyone on staff, the system immediately notifies and mobilizes key administrators to address each safety concern. It could be as simple as a teacher sighting a pest and reporting the issue. In turn the system notifies the appropriate person to get involved and tracks the report to completion to ensure that each safety concern is addressed and auto-notifies the submitter of the report resolution.

 

Let PublicSchoolWORKS take the guesswork out of task tracking and

follow-up.

 

Product of the Month

With PSW's Staff Safety Reporting System you will have access to the:

 

·  Hazard Reporting System

·  Near-Miss Reporting System

·  Safety Suggestion System

·  Pest Sighting System

·  Sexual Harassment System

From the Community

A new safety trend in Kentucky districts is the use of pictometry to create a more detailed overview of classrooms and roadways that surround the school. The pictures are taken of every room, doorway, closet and bathroom and then loaded into software giving administrators or county officials a 360-degree view of the school and its surroundings.

 

The thought is the school system will be able keep tabs on locations that before had remained unseen and could be potential trouble spots in the case of fires or other emergencies. The system operates similar to Google Earth. Ohio County Schools are working with their emergency management system to use pictometry to access locations after disasters or to find new bus routes.

 

Start the discussion. Comment about pictometry on our facebook page http://www.facebook.com/pages/PublicSchoolWORKS/124795167658

 

Source: WFIE, Channel 14, Kentucky

Ohio 20, 2010

http://www.14wfie.com/Global/story.asp?S=13360345

Youth Violence Statistics

Recently published youth violence statistics make the case for implementing PublicSchoolWORKS' Student Bullying and Violence Reporting System today.

  •  Nearly one million high school students in America take a weapon to school at least once every 30 days**
  • 81% of school attackers tell someone of their plans beforehand^^^
  • 1.3 million high school students are threatened or injured with a weapon on school property at least once every year**
  •  The attack on Columbine students lasted more than 2 hours. Most school incidents don't last more than 20 minutes. You need to be prepared and act fast.^^
  • 83% of students said they would report an attacker if they knew they could do it anonymously ~~
  • There is no accurate profile for a 'school shooter'^^
  •  In 2/3 of youth violence situations the attackers felt persecuted, bullied, threatened, attacked or injured by another prior to the incident^^
  •  In a study of high school students, 1/3 were definitely considering suicide. Only  25% had told an adult~~

Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Youth Risk and Behavior Surveillance System 2009**

"Will They Tell? Weapons Reporting by Middle School Youth," Youth Violence and Juvenile Justice, June 2007~~

"SafeSchool

Initiative," developed by the US Secret Service and US Department of Education 2002^^

Customer in the News

Pick up the October issue of ASBO's publication, School Business Affairs. PublicSchoolWORKS' customer, Laurie Boedicker, of HighlandsSchool District recently wrote a piece on the value our programs provided her district: Automated Employee Training: Efficiency and Effectiveness on Page 32

 

If you have a good story to tell, PublicSchoolWORKS will help spread the word.  Contact Brooke Grow at 410-975-9638 or via email at brooke@kehcomm.com.

Upcoming Events

COSA Conference

What: OACOA/OASE Winter Conference

When: January 28-29, 2011

Where: Salishan Spa & Golf Resort, Glen Eden Beach, Oregon

                                                                                                                 

Upcoming Webinars:

 

Nov 10th

Online Safety Training for Schools

 

Nov 17th

Reducing Liability Costs associated with Student and Visitor Accidents

 

To register for these 30-minute webinars, please contact Tom at 513-631-6111 x15 or via email at sales@publicschoolworks.com

  
About PublicSchoolWORKS
Since its founding in 2000, PublicSchoolWORKS has been committed to providing top-quality, practical and cost-effective solutions to the constantly changing environmental, health and safety requirements affecting the nation's educational systems. The company has gained an exemplary reputation for the innovation and technical superiority of its comprehensive and integrated safety and compliance management systems, which combine administrative software tools and resources to dramatically reduce the time and cost required to develop, implement, and sustain safety compliance programs. For more information visit us on the web at www.publicschoolworks.com.
 
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