School Needs to Implement Safe Future Programs

School Needs to Implement Safe Future Programs
           Crime, violence and disorder in schools have threatened the learning process, calling for the need to implement safe future programs that aim to establish a secure learning environment for students and teachers. These initiatives engage stakeholders to make short and long-term improvements for incidents in the school safety pyramid. These entail criminal and violent activities of different severity in school. Improving safety promotes students' well-being and the quality of their education. Since the school district is willing to work with law enforcement, community groups, private concerns, and federal and state agencies, implementing steps to promote safe schools will be easy and achievable. 
           The first step is creating an inspection program to monitor school infrastructure, routes, environment, buses, and visitors regularly. Most of the risks occur in these areas, and a thorough regular investigation would be an excellent starting point for safety. This step allows school districts to be proactive in strengthening safety. 
           The second step is establishing a systematic incident reporting system. This includes displaying emergency contacts on school buses and identity cards issued to students to stimulate communication in case of any problem like accidents, vandalism, indiscipline, security problem, suspected child abuse, and possible criminal behaviors. 
           The third step is disciplining students and teachers for off-and-on-school misconduct. The school district should punish individuals who violate school regulations through the consequences of inappropriate behaviors such as suspension or expulsion. Those with serious crimes like sex offenses, gun violence, vandalism, assault, drug abuse, arson, homicide, and other felonies can be reported to state and federal authorities for further determination. In other words, school districts should establish a zero tolerant policy prohibiting insecurities in and around schools. 
           Students at risk of committing violence in their schools include those with a child abuse history, past violent behaviors, recent relationship breaks, hypersensitivity towards criticism, impulsive personality, social problems, mental health conditions, substance abuse problems, and access to firearms (Bushman & Webster, 2016). School administrators should watch out for the following possible warning signs: social wi...