"Communities provide an environment that is drug-free and protects students' health, safety, and civil rights."
The assumptions made regarding Goal 5 have been summarized and divided into three categories outlined below.
Schools and the community provide an environment that empowers students; permits high educational achievement; is safe, disciplined, and drug-free; and provides equity, access, opportunity, and community.
Schools and the community collaborate to increase and extend community use of school services and facilities.
Schools and the community offer prekindergarten through 12th grade health, tobacco, alcohol, and other drug education programs in all districts.
Schools are in compliance with state, local, and federal safety regulations, and federal civil rights laws.
All stakeholders share the responsibility for student behavior at all times.
"Schools provide an environment for students and staff that promotes good health and is free of violence, weapons, hazards, vandalism, and substance abuse."
The outcomes for Standard 1 have been summarized below.
Keep the school campus free of disruptive influences.
Create mechanisms that enhance the environment in the community at large.
Establish specific responsibility for maintaining a safe, healthy, and drug-free school environment.
Law enforcement and other stakeholders to ensure a safe school environment that is free of violence, weapons, vandalism, hazards, and substance abuse.
Social service agencies and other stakeholders to ensure that all students participate in comprehensive health education.
Environmental agencies and other stakeholders to ensure a safe school environment in classrooms and laboratories.
"Local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations related to health, safety, and civil rights are enforced. Schools ensure that students and staff are protected from and are not subjected to any and all forms of discrimination and harassment. All programs, activities, and services are inclusive and free of bias."
The outcomes for Standard 2 have been summarized below.
Ensure equal opportunity for staff and students to participate in programs, activities, and services.
Utilize bias-free assessment measures and instruments for student placement decisions.
Develop and implement comprehensive written policies addressing all forms of harassment.
Incorporate standard safety and health practices into the school and school bus environments.
Ensure the civil rights and safety of all members of the school.
"All students demonstrate personal responsibility for a school and school bus environment that is safe and free of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs."
The outcome for Standard 3 has been summarized below.
Collaborate to develop a code of student conduct to ensure that the school and school buses are safe and free of tobacco, alcohol, and other drugs.
Community and Adult Education practitioners will find 10 strategies for helping schools and school districts accomplish Goal 5 in the section below. Each strategy is followed by suggested steps for implementing the strategy.
Cooperate with your local substance abuse prevention partnership, coalition, or a recognized prevention agency to develop a drug-free workplace program for your school system; or enhance and publicize the policies and procedures included in the program your system has previously adopted.
Contact your school system's personnel department to determine if there is a drug-free workplace program in effect.
If there is not a drug-free workplace program in place, contact your local substance abuse prevention partnership or recognized substance abuse prevention agency to gather information regarding the benefits of a drug-free workplace program.
Meet with school district officials to illustrate the cost benefits of a drug-free workplace program, promote its adoption, and offer to assist with the development of a proposed program.
Work with a consortium of agencies to help you develop a comprehensive program to present to school district officials.
Promote the adoption of the program using Goal 5 of Blueprint 2000 as one of the primary reasons to establish a district-wide drug-free workplace program.
Assist with the implementation of the program once it is adopted by the school board.
Form a countywide substance abuse prevention coalition consisting of education, business, law enforcement, and nonprofit agency representatives.
Contact four or five key agency representatives whose primary mission is substance abuse treatment, intervention, or prevention to promote the idea of forming a prevention coalition.
Ask the small group of agency representatives to serve as a steering committee that would form a broad-based, countywide coalition.
Use the steering committee members to identify key agencies, organizations, or individuals that should comprise the countywide coalition.
Ask each of the steering committee members to make a personal contact with four or five of the key individuals identified to invite them to become involved with the coalition.
Convene the group of key community leaders that have been identified and involve them in the development of a coalition. Over time, this includes the formation of bylaws, selection of officers, and the establishment of a regular meeting time.
Work with the group to develop short-term and long-term plans for the implementation of prevention activities in the community.
Coordinate an annual "Celebrating Diversity" day at a local mall or centrally located school site.
Contact a nearby university or community college to identify persons who have expertise in the area of cultural diversity.
Meet with a cultural diversity expert to discuss possible "Celebrating Diversity" day activities and develop a proposed schedule of events.
Contact agencies such as Mental Health Services, HRS, Community Action Agency, sheriff's office, and chamber of commerce to solicit their involvement in a "Celebrating Diversity" by serving on a task force that would meet four or five times to plan the event.
Coordinate the meetings and work of the task force to develop plans for a "Celebrating Diversity" day at a mall site or local school center.
Promote the event by using public service announcements, fliers, cable television, bulletin boards, and attempts to get free publicity from local television and newspaper reporters.
Offer a free workshop on sexual harassment for the school district's supervisors and managers through the Community and Adult Education program.
Contact your school district personnel office to solicit help in recruiting an individual qualified to conduct the workshop on sexual harassment, and to publicize the availability of the free inservice session.
Meet with potential workshop facilitators to determine the most effective delivery format, review the content to be covered, and select the person(s) to conduct the workshop.
Write a clear and concise description of the workshop purpose, format, and content for use in a variety of promotional pieces.
Include a description of the workshop content and format in your Community and Adult Education course catalog that is distributed to the public.
Use the description of the workshop to prepare a supplemental promotional flier to distribute to all school district managers and supervisors.
Evaluate the content and presentation of the workshop to determine its strengths and weaknesses and the ability of the instructor(s).
Coordinate a "Bash For No Crash" event at a senior high school location on the day students leave campus for Spring Break. The event helps students gain a greater awareness of the consequences of drinking and driving, alternative activities available during Spring Break, and resources or services in the community.
Form an event committee consisting of the police, fire department, emergency medical services personnel, Students Against Drunk Driving (SADD), substance abuse prevention agencies, teachers, and school administration.
Plan for the event to be held on your high school campus the last two or three hours of school before students are dismissed for Spring Break.
Submit prepared information to radio and television reporters and request coverage of the event.
Stage a mock automobile crash with emergency medical services personnel and the fire department; use the "jaws of life" to rescue the driver and then transport the "victim" to the hospital.
Follow the mock accident with student involvement activities such as skits, poetry readings, and speeches encouraging all to enjoy the spring "bash" without a crash.
Gather feedback from students and all agencies involved in the activity, prepare recommendations for improvement, and recommend that it become an annual event.
Involve Community and Adult Education staff and program participants in Red Ribbon week activities.
Gather information regarding the Red Ribbon campaign and gain support for countywide Community and Adult Education involvement from district-level administration.
Select an Community and Adult Education contact person and notify the Red Ribbon campaign chairperson that you have a representative interested in serving on the Red Ribbon committee.
Distribute information about the Red Ribbon campaign to Community and Adult Education instructors and ask them to participate in the event.
Encourage Community and Adult Education instructors to involve their class participants in the Red Ribbon campaign.
Host anti-drug use and abuse poster contests in Community and Adult Education classes at the same time that the contests are held in elementary, middle, and high schools.
Publicize your efforts to involve Community and Adult Education participants in this traditionally kindergarten through 12th grade event. Use the campaign as another opportunity to demonstrate that public education involves adults as well as children.
Develop a resource booklet of sample cooperative agreements that are appropriate for use between schools and nonprofit agencies, HRS, businesses, or other educational institutions.
Write to Community and Adult Education practitioners around the state and ask them to send you copies of cooperative agreements that they have used with agencies, businesses, or institutions.
Review the agreements and sort them into categories by type of activity, agency, facility to be used, or nature of the agreement.
Edit the agreements to fit the administrative rules, regulations, policies, and procedures that exist within your school system.
Submit the agreements to your school board attorney, risk management officer, or others who should review them for their accuracy and merit.
Prepare and publish resource booklet that lists "model" agreements by various categories.
Solicit feedback and periodically review the cooperative agreements resource booklet to add new agreements make necessary updates due to policy or procedure changes.
Coordinate an "Amnesty Day" with local law enforcement and social service agencies where middle and high school students can turn in their weapons, drugs, stolen merchandise, or contraband of any nature without reprisal.
Convene a committee comprised of police, criminal justice, education, substance abuse prevention, and mental health officials to explore the "Amnesty Day" concept.
Work with the committee to develop an "Amnesty Day" plan for approval by the School Board and other necessary governing units within the community.
Involve middle and high school youth in planning, promoting, and implementing "Amnesty Day" activities.
Solicit the support of local newspaper editors, radio station managers and disc jockeys, television station managers and broadcast personnel in promoting "Amnesty Day" as a critically important event in the community.
Recruit volunteers to assist with "Amnesty Day" events including the establishment of a drop-off center for weapons and contraband, offering counseling, and staffing a crisis hotline.
Coordinate a follow-up referral service to assist individuals who requested treatment or counseling while participating in the event.
Send thank you notes to all who participated in the planning and implementation of the day.
Develop a substance abuse prevention youth council consisting of middle and high school students from the school district.
Recruit two volunteers willing to serve as adult liaisons to a youth-managed substance abuse prevention council.
Work with school advisory councils, student councils, church youth groups, scouting troops, coaches, and the recreation department to identify youth willing to serve on a substance abuse prevention council.
Invite a minimum of 50 youngsters to participate in the first meeting of the council and facilitate their development of a youth council mission and vision.
Help the group identify the most serious problems confronting them in the community, and develop their own creative solutions to the problems.
Assist the group with the implementation of the solutions that they developed in response to their problems.
Monitor the effectiveness of the solutions that the youngsters developed in response to their problems. Document the solutions that appear to work and replicate them.
Solicit business, foundation, and government support for the programs, activities, or services initiated by the youth.
Host an appreciation dinner for school district bus drivers and present awards to those who place a premium on safety.
Meet with your school district's transportation supervisor to propose an appreciation dinner and offer to coordinate the activity in cooperation with him/her.
Recruit businesses to sponsor the awards to be presented at the appreciation dinner for driver with the best long-term driving record, drivers with no traffic violations during the past 12 months, and driver most actively involved with children in the community.
Locate a hotel willing to host the recognition dinner at no cost, provide reduced-price meals, and waive charges for use of its audiovisual equipment.
Recruit a radio or television personality to serve as the Master of Ceremony for the event.
Ask your school advisory council to promote the appreciation dinner, develop procedures for soliciting and judging entries, and select the final award winners.
Invite the chairperson of the school board to present the awards to those chosen for recognition.
Submit information regarding the recognition dinner and award recipients to the local newspaper the day following the event.