EMPLOYEESAFE

Spotlight on Safety

School is out for summer! Now is the perfect time to check out PublicSchoolWORKS’ (PSW) Staff Safety Reporting System, part of the award-winning EmployeeSafe Suite. This system reduces risk, health care costs, workers’ compensation and liability insurance while staying in compliance with local and state regulations. The Staff Safety Reporting System features:

• Hazard Reporting System (ICS)
• Near-Miss Reporting System
• Safety Suggestion System
• Pest Sighting System
• Sexual Harassment System

To learn more about PSW’s Staff Safety Reporting System, please email sales@publicschoolworks.com

EMPLOYEEWATCH

Spotlight on School Theft

Theft by school staff and officials is a topic that frequents media headlines. In Wildomore, California, an ex-Lake Elsinore Unified School District official, Jose Cavajal, has been charged with draining approximately $5,000 from a district purchasing account. Cavajal is being charged with one felony count of embezzlement for allegedly stealing the money after his employment ended in 2010. Cavajal served as a public information officer for the district and had access to the account.

YOUTH VIOLENCE

School Bullying Correlates to Partner Violence

Have you ever heard someone say, “They are just being kids?” Has anyone ever told you, “I am sure they will grow out of it?” According to two online studies published in the Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine and the Archives of General Psychiatry, boys who bully their peers as children are more likely to commit intimate partner violence (IPV) as adults. In a sample of 1,491 men from ages 18 to 35, the study found that men who are violent have increased gray matter volume in their mesolimbic reward systems.

Rather than ignoring bullying, use PSW’s Student Bullying Reporting System. It provides around-the-clock online and telephone reporting systems with built-in communication tools that immediately notify school administrators when an issue is reported. How often do your students or parents report bullying? Do you have a way to track bullying issues in order to address them before the situation gets out of hand? How do you prepare parents and students to deal with bullying? Share your answers to these questions by joining the discussion on our Facebook page.

SAFETY THOUGHT

Prevent Your School from Closing

What would you do if there were cracks in your schools’ chairs and broken desks? Who would you contact if the bathrooms at your school had no soap in the dispensers or toilet paper in the stalls? As a result of the Guam Department of Education’s (DOE) failure to address various health violations, the Department of Public Health and Social Services closed Simon Sanchez High School. The closure resulted from numerous violations including baseboards in disrepair, cracked floor tiles, empty toilet paper dispensers and leaking ceilings. The Guam DOE Superintendent Nerissa Bretania Underwood said the first inspection had a specific list of violations and at least several of them were addressed.