DOCUMENT RESUME ED 418 175 UD 032 235 AUTHOR Reis, Beth TITLE Safe Schools Report of the Anti-Violence Documentation Project from the Safe Schools Coalition of Washington. Will You Be There for Every Child? Fourth Annual Report. INSTITUTION Safe Schools Coalition of Washington, Seattle. PUB DATE 1997-00-00 NOTE 36p.; For the accompanying resource guide, see UD 032 236. AVAILABLE FROM Northwest Coalition Against Malicious Harassment, P.O. Box 16776, Seattle, WA 98116; e-mail:
[email protected]; World Wide Web: http://members.tripod.com/-claytoly/ssp home PUB TYPE Reports Descriptive (141) EDRS PRICE MF01/PCO2 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS American Indians; Elementary Secondary Education; *Homophobia; *Homosexuality; *Incidence; *Partnerships in Education; Responses; *School Safety; Sexual Harassment; Surveys; *Violence IDENTIFIERS *Washington ABSTRACT The Safe Schools Coalition of Washington is a public-private partnership of 90 offices, agencies, and organizations, as well as many individuals. The Coalition's Anti-Violence Documentation Project isan ongoing statewide qualitative study examining the phenomenon of anti-gay sexual harassment and violence in kindergarten through grade 12. In the first 4 years of this 5-year study, over 90 incidents have been reported to the Project. They have come from at least 59 public schools, including 1 reservation school, and 1 private school, in 30 school districts and 9 counties. They have included 8 gang rapes and 19 physical assaults. There have been 14 incidents of physical harassment or sexual assault short of rape and 34 incidents of ongoing verbal and other harassment. Of the total reported incidents, 41 were considered serious enough to warrant possible criminal allegations.