COMPREHENSIVE SAFE SCHOOL PLAN for Vanden High School
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COMPREHENSIVE SAFE SCHOOL PLAN FOR Vanden High School TRAVIS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT 2013-2014 Comprehensive Safe School Plan School Information and Assurances Pages County: Solano School District: Travis Unified School District School Site Name: Vanden High School Address: 2951 Markley Lane Telephone: 707-437-7333 Principal’s Name: Sandi Reese Name or title of committee preparing the Safe School: Plan (EC 32280, EC 35147) Vanden High School Safety Committee Names of committee member and their roles: NAME POSITION/ROLE William Sarty Assistant Principal, Committee Chairperson Elizabeth Ruvalcaba Foreign Language Instructor Allison Johnson PE Instructor Hollis Huvar JROTC Instructor Andy San Juan English Instructor Ron Van Sant Counselor Doug Green Science Instructor John Gonzales Social Science Instructor Denis Waldron Math Instructor Laura Jennings Special Education Instructor Lucilia Vanderlaan Campus Monitor Patricia Pelfrey Library Ralph Shott Head Custodian David Draim Visual/Performing Arts Donte Roper Student As required by Education Code (EC) Section 35294.2, the school’s Comprehensive Safe School Plan was reviewed and amended prior to March 1 of this school year. A public meeting was held on ___________________________February 12, 2014 at (date and time) Vanden High School’s Library to allow public the opportunity to participate in the adoption of this Safe School Plan. (EC 35294.8) The agenda and the minutes of this school site public meeting in which the plan was adopted follow this page. Pursuant to EC Section 35294.6, ________________________________Vanden High School adopted its (school name) February 12, 2014 comprehensive Safe School Plan on _________________________________. As (month, day, & year) required by EC 35294.8, this date was prior to March 1 of the present school year. A report of the status of the Safe School Plan will be included in the annual School Accountability Report Card. (EC 32286). Signature of Safety Committee Chair Signature of Site Principal 3 COMPREHENSIVE SAFE SCHOOL PLAN Mission Statement: Vanden High School is a community committed to building personal and academic excellence, civic responsibility, and lifelong learning. Our Expected School Wide Learning Results are to develop personal Growth, academic proficiency, community responsibility, and employability skills among all of our students. Vision Statement: The vision of Vanden High School is to maintain a safe environment for all students, staff and the surrounding community. Through gathering data and observations, from both students and staff, the Safety Committee strives to address school-wide challenges dealing with social and physical environment and prevent future problems. 4 School Profile: Campus: Vanden High School is on 47 acres. Vanden began a modernization in 2005 in order to accommodate growth. We have 74 rooms and five new state of the art buildings on campus with beautiful landscaping. The buildings are as follows; A, C, D, E, F1, F2, H, K, L, M, N, P, Q, R, S, Z, Gym, Shubin, and Library. The campus also has a library media center, and computer center. Outdoor facilities include tennis courts, basketball courts, softball and baseball diamonds, football stadium, modern track and field, and a cement platform stage in the plaza, 2 staff parking lots facing Markley Lane and the recent upgraded parking lot on DeRonde Rd. for students. The buildings and grounds are on a regular maintenance schedule. The buildings are asbestos free with fire alarms, sprinkler systems and a security camera system. Student Demographics: (Data collected as of 10/23/13 unless otherwise noted) Student Enrollment: 1622 Boys: 779 48 % Girls: 843 52% Type A Students—parent(s) active duty on base – 138 Type B Students—parent(s) active duty off base - 204 (Data on Type A and Type B collected 01/23/13) Average Daily Attendance 2012-13 School Year September 97.79% First 2 months of 2013-14 October 97.06% Ethnic Breakdown: The following list shows how many students there are on campus representing different ethnicities: American Indian or Alaskan Native – 21 Chinese- 13 Japanese- 14 Koreans- 3 Vietnamese- 7 Laotian- 3 Other Asian- 41 Hawaiian- 12 Guamanian- 8 Samoan- 2 Pacific Islander- 9 Filipino- 206 (12%) Hispanic or Latino- 186 (11%) African American- 319 (19%) White- 749 (45%) Languages: Vanden has many students who either speak another language themselves, or live in households where family members speak another language. These students have backgrounds in 17 different languages. 5 English 1,438 Spanish 90 Vietnamese 4 Cantonese 5 Korean 3 Filipino (Tagalog) 61 Mandarin (putonghu 2 Japanese 4 French 0 Lao 3 Arabic 4 Indonesian 0 Punjabi 10 Cebuano (Visayan) 0 Taiwanese 0 Mien (Yao) 0 Other Non English 5 School Totals: EL 23 OTHER 1612 In addition to the diversity in ethnic background and languages, it should also be noted that there are 147students eligible for free lunch and 82 reduced at the time of this report. Teaching Staff: Department Part time (PT) Full time (FT) Total English 4 8 12 Visual/Performing Arts 1 4 5 Foreign Language 1 6 7 Mathematics 1 10 11 Physical Education 1 4 5 Science 1 9 10 Social Science 2 8 10 Special Education 0 7 7 Career Technical Education 0 7 7 Opportunity 1 0 1 Librarian 0 1 1 6 Non-Teaching Staff: Position Part time (PT) Full time (FT) Total Administrators 0 3.4 3.4 Counselors 1 3 4 Activities Director 1 0 1 Athletic Director 1 1 Attendance Clerks 0 2 2 Campus Monitors 3 2 5 Career Center Technician 0 0 0 Counseling Technician 0 2 2 Computer Technician 0 1 1 Custodian 2 3 5 Food Services 8 0 8 Health Technician 1 0 1 Instructional Aides 6 0 6 Library Media Technician 1 0 1 Psychologist 0 1 1 Registrar 0 1 1 School Resource Officer 0 1 1 Secretaries 0 2 2 Speech Therapist 0 1 1 Student Body Accounting Clerk 1 0 1 Athletic Head Coaches: On-Campus Off- Campus 9 6 Programs and Activities: Vanden has a long history of academic success, but academics are not the only focus on campus. There are a variety of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities available for students to participate in should they so choose. There are also several organizations for parents to participate in. Special Education: Resource Specialist Program, Special Day Class, Speech, Vocational Preparation/transitions, study skills Specialized Projects: Opportunity program AF JROTC AP Courses: Calculus, Government, Biology, English Literature & Composition, English Language & Composition, US History, Spanish, Art, Statistics, World History, Physics Solano Co. Regional Occupational Program Response to Intervention (RTI) Workability Additional Activities: Athletic Teams: Football - JV, V Volleyball - JV, V Cross Country – Boys and Girls Wrestling - JV, V Basketball – Boys and Girls JV, V Softball - JV, V Baseball - JV, V 7 Tennis – Boys and Girls JV, V Track - Boys and Girls JV, V Golf - Boys and Girls AFJROTC – Aerospace, Awareness Presentation Team, Color Guard, Academic Competition, Health and Wellness Core Band: Marching, Symphonic, Jazz, Wind Ensemble, Drum Line, Steel Drum, Color Guard Drama Conflict Management Student Council Academic Clubs: French Club, German Club, Latin Club, Spanish Club, Academic Decathlon, Art Club, National Honors Society, Journalism, Peer Tutoring, Drama, Design Publishing (yearbook), Future Homemakers of America, Virtual Enterprise, Robotics, Tri M Music Honors Society, Peace Jam, Latino Unidos and Student 2 Student, Choir Activity Clubs: Interact, Lifestyles Club, Best Buddies, Crafty Vikes, Asian Pacific Islanders Club, Social Dance, Black Student Union, Paint Ball Club, Gay and Straight Alliance, Heavy Metal Guild, Gardening, Rhetorician’s, Fashion, American Sign Language, Harry Potter, Weightlifting, National Honor Society, JSA, Peer Tutoring, Interact, Key Club, Dodgeball, Drama, BSU, Paintball, Freshmen Class, Sophomore Class, Junior Class, Senior Class Sober Grad Night Music Boosters Vanden Boosters (Including Bingo) Journalism Yearbook (Design Publishing) COMPREHENSIVE SCHOOL SAFETY PLAN Assessment of school crime committed on the school campus and at school-related activities. (EC32282) Data Sources: Safe Schools Survey—Staff Questionnaire Safe School Survey—Student Questionnaire Suspension Records Assessment of school crime: Based on the review and discussion of the data sources above, we have identified goals and activities to meet those goals: Decrease crime on campus, particularly theft, fights, harassment. Encourage cooperation and tolerance to reduce incidence of harassment. Encourage staff to discuss issues in class as appropriate and reinforce importance of reporting crime and tolerance, Make students aware through discussion how to report this information. Promote use of Conflict Management program and explore the creation of an anti-bullying program/club. 8 Student Accountability Data 2013-2014 Suspensions Arson 1 Assault 8 Alcohol 2 Academic Dishonesty 2 Computer Use Violation 1 Defiance 10 Disruptive Behavior 17 Dress Code 1 Drugs 2 Fighting 22 Marijuana 13 Obscene Act 1 Possession of Stolen Property 1 Possession of Pornography 1 Public Urination 1 Profanity directed at staff 13 Profanity 6 Theft 3 Threat 2 Tobacco 5 Sexual Harassment 2 Vandalism 1 Specific Defiant Behaviors: Cell phone violation 12 Failure to attend detention 14 Failure to attend Saturday School 6 Refusal to go to office 2 Refusal to give up prohibited item 7 Refusal to give name/wrong name 2 9 Total Suspensions 2009-2010 203 2010-2011 152 2011-2012 138 Reported Incidents of Academic Dishonesty: 2009-2010 35 2010-2011