Maintaining Safe Schools is your complete resource for implementing effective safety policies, eliminating hazards and improving overall school climate — so students and staff can focus on learning. From the everyday issues of student attendance and playground safety, to volatile student fights and drug use, you get guidance to anticipate problems, plan responses and, most importantly, take steps to stop the problems from occurring in the first place.

Each monthly issue gives you:

Best Practices spotlighting safety programs that are already working in other districts and how you can implement them in your school — so you can stop searching for solutions

Q&As with Safety Experts delivering experienced insights into today’s complex safety issues and concrete steps to address them proactively

Legal Updates alerting you to must-know judicial decisions that could change the way you approach similar situations, teaching valuable lessons on student searches, negligent supervision and more safety concerns

And, because your areas of responsibility are so varied, Maintaining Safe Schools covers a broad range of safety issues, guiding you to reduce hazards and your legal liability when addressing:

• Bullying and cyberbullying
• Theft
• Violent writing
• Access control
• Evacuation plans
• Field trips
• Fire safety
• Surveillance cameras
• Lockdowns
• Severe weather
• Metal detectors
• Visitor policies
• Mobile classrooms
• And too many more to list!