Re: columbine h.s.

["Lois Melina" <lmelina@moscow.com>]

John,
Some talks I have had with parents at Russell indicate that the new
measures for dealing with disrespect, etc. are a welcome and positive step.
If there are specific things you would like the community/parents to do,
this could be an opportune time.

Lois

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> From: John and Laurie Danahy <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>
> To: Lois Melina <lmelina@moscow.com>
> Cc: Vision2020 <vision2020@moscow.com>
> Subject: Re: columbine h.s.
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:41 PM
> 
> Lois and fellow subscribers:
>      Last fall, the Board of Trustees asked the administration of the
Moscow
> School district to put together a report to the board on what is
happening
> in each school in regards to violence prevention.  The focus was to be on
> both physical and mental/emotional violence.  The report that came back,
> presented in November I believe, detailed what each school was doing to
work
> with all students in the areas of respect, politeness, and dealing with
> teasing/harassment.  It is my belief that we are doing a fairly good job.
> There is always room for improvement, but each school has measures in
place
> to identify and correct such behaviors.
> One of the issues that did come up, which we are working on but maybe not
as
> successful as we could wish, is empowering students to stand up for
> themselves.  Students need the skills to say NO.  I feel strongly that we
> have done what we can without specific parental and community help. 
Parents
> need to be willing to bring problems forward, and to be willing to deal
with
> consequences at an early age. Only then can we begin to see the changes
in
> school environments that will result in fewer Littletons
> John
> John and Laurie Danahy
> jdanahy@turbonet.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Lois Melina <lmelina@moscow.com>
> To: John and Laurie Danahy <JDANAHY@turbonet.com>
> Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 3:32 PM
> Subject: Re: columbine h.s.
> 
> 
> >John,
> >Surely there are things that can be done short of turning schools into
> >fortresses. And I don't think any school should be criticized for not
> having
> >those programs in place. I think some of the suggestions on V2020 are
good
> >ones (and some aren't). It would be helpful if you could tell us how the
> >school district has addressed this or what you've learned that might be
> >useful. I'd be delighted if we could reduce peer harassment, but how?
> >Lois
> >
> >
> >
> >At 12:56 PM 4/21/99 -0700, John and Laurie Danahy wrote:
> >>To make schools absolutely safe, we would have to turn them into
prisons.
> >>Walls, fences, guards!  Littleton had an onsite police officer! 
Warning
> >>signs, such as those released by the fed study last fall, are just
warning
> >>signs and are very subjective.  Are we to detain every student who is
not
> >>PC?
> >>There is a common thread through all the shootings.  Peer harassment!!!
> It
> >>is our own children who have made the schools unsafe.  It is not a High
> >>school problem, it is a K-12 problem.
> >>
> >>What are parents doing to end teasing and put downs by their children?
> >>What are parents doing to help their children deal appropriately with
> >>teasing and put-downs?
> >>What should district staff do to support at school the parental efforts
> >>above?
> >>
> >>John
> >>John and Laurie Danahy
> >>jdanahy@turbonet.com
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Lois Melina <lmelina@moscow.com>
> >>To: vision2020@moscow.com <vision2020@moscow.com>
> >>Date: Wednesday, April 21, 1999 10:05 AM
> >>Subject: columbine h.s.
> >>
> >>
> >>>Visionaries:
> >>>
> >>>what, if anything,
> >>>
> >>>could be done
> >>>should be done
> >>>
> >>>in the Moscow School District
> >>>
> >>>to reduce the chance of a shooting like this in our schools
> >>>to respond should an incident like this develop?
> >>>
> >>>Lois Melina
> >>>************************
> >>>Lois Melina
> >>>Editor, "Adopted Child" newsletter
> >>>P.O. Box 9362
> >>>Moscow ID 83843
> >>>
> >>>phone: (208)882-1794
> >>>fax: (208)883-8035
> >>>Lmelina@moscow.com
> >>>www.raisingadoptedchildren.com
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >************************
> >Lois Melina
> >Editor, "Adopted Child" newsletter
> >P.O. Box 9362
> >Moscow ID 83843
> >
> >phone: (208)882-1794
> >fax: (208)883-8035
> >Lmelina@moscow.com
> >www.raisingadoptedchildren.com
> >