SCHOOL
SAFETY
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Central
Jersey College Prep intends to apply for federal funds for fiscal year 2011under
Title IV—Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities Act. This web posting serves as effective notice
to the community of such intention.
CJCP
receives Title IV funding under the No Child Left Behind
(NCLB) act. Title IV is also known as
the “Safe and Drug Free Schools” portion of NCLB. Parents have a right to withdraw their child
from any Title IV program. CJCP
conducted a needs assessment prior to committing these funds to determine the
best way to help students and make the school a safer place. It was determined that there is a need to
reduce violent incidents between students and this is the main goal for the use
of Title IV funds. The majority of these
incidents have been linked to harassment, intimidation, and/or bullying
(HIB). As a result CJCP has determined
the best use of Title IV funds is to begin the process of implementing a
research based and proven school wide anti-bullying program. Our Title IV funding covers only a portion of
expenses and the school is providing the rest.
This program is recognized throughout the world for its excellence and is
called the Olweus Bullying Prevention Program
(OBPP). Implementation is moving along
at CJCP.
The
following steps have been taken since February 2009:
·
The
school has formed a school anti-bullying program committee and they have been
trained by certified trainers on how to run the program.
·
This
school committee has in turn trained other school staff on the implementation
of the program.
·
The
students have been given an anonymous bullying questionnaire to determine the
background level of bullying in the school.
·
The
student kickoff event was held on November 4, 2009 to introduce the program to
students with thought provoking and team building activities; T-shirts were
distributed that day and the school’s antibullying
rules posted and discussed.
The
next steps involve beginning classroom meetings on the topic of bullying in grades
7, 8, and 9 and integrating exploration of the issue into the curriculum. The Olweus student
survey will be administered again in March 2010 approximately one year after
the first one so we can compare results year-to-year. Special events for parents are being planned
and in addition a special informational webpage for parents, students, and the
entire school community will be developed.
Below
is a link explaining OBPP and an excellent link on bullying from the U.S. Department
of Health and Human Services.
http://www.olweus.org/public/index.page
http://stopbullyingnow.hrsa.gov/kids/