CitySLUSD Liaison Highlights 2011 1117

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November 10, 2011 Dear Parents and Community Members, The safety of our students and staff is our number one priority. Several events involving weapons occurred during the month of September on or near San Leandro High School, prompting the District to hold a Community Forum and a Student Forum. Following the forums, we held several meetings with parents and police representation and convened a task force with students, staff and Board representation to consider the issues brought up during the forum. While many of the actions listed below were things we were already working on with our school climate committee, some of them are the direct result of this work. I wanted to provide the community with an update on action steps we are taking. Increased Adult Supervision: • The San Leandro Police Department has added a third School Resource Officer to provide assistance and support • Hired another campus supervisor effective immediately • Increased administrative supervision at 136 and Bancroft Avenue before and after school • Hiring additional lunch line supervisors and purchased stanchions to help manage the cafeteria lines and expedite the serving of meals to students (using restricted, cafeteria funds) Procedural Changes: • Implemented lunch time detention and loss of social privileges for students who violate school rules • Installing additional cameras • Purchased better radios to improve communication between the two campuses and among security and administrative staff • Staff completed their work with outside consultant Performance Fact, Inc. to ensure consistent discipline parameters and effective consequences • Implementing an anonymous texting hotline (currently working with police department) • Implementing student Identification Badges for all students • Improving the school's positive reward system Programs to Address the Social and Emotional Needs of Students: • Implemented a new off - campus instructional program located at the Lincoln Alternative Education Center to address the challenges of our most needy students • Added two parent liaisons (now we have three) who work with families to provide support for their students and provide parent training (using violence prevention grant money) • Hired a gang prevention parent liaison to work with students and families • Hired two mental health professionals to conduct a needs assessment and work with students and families to provide services (using funds provided by County of Alameda)