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by Siddhi Patel3 views·Updated Jun 13, 2022
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  1. Hello everyone.
  2. My name is Siddhi Patel and today I would like to speak about school safety.
  3. For many students,
  4. a positive academic environment is increasingly harder to obtain.
  5. This is mainly due to the lack of safety,
  6. whether it be inside the classroom or out
  7. unfavorable situations at home,
  8. psychological stability,
  9. physical dangers
  10. and violence all contribute to this evident shortage.
  11. Okay,
  12. there have been investigations on how organizations,
  13. teachers and parents collaborate together
  14. in today's society
  15. to influence the students understanding of safety in school.
  16. School safety is a very controversial topic in the United States.
  17. Recent school shootings have raised concerns
  18. over school safety
  19. while this has received a lot of attention.
  20. Other things, such as drugs are also a problem in schools.
  21. Even teachers have reached out about the lack of safety in their own classrooms,
  22. which really don't feel safe.
  23. There are,
  24. there are cases where school officials are not doing their jobs.
  25. Bullying continues to be a problem in schools
  26. and so does violence
  27. US. Schools must improve their security
  28. and the safety of their students and staff.
  29. To begin with, I would like to address what school safety actually means.
  30. School safety can be defined as
  31. schools and school related activities
  32. where students are safe from violence, bullying, harassment and substance use.
  33. It is important for students, parents and especially teachers
  34. to be aware of the dangers in the school
  35. and surrounding areas of the school.
  36. Schools must make sure they have crossing guards present before and after school
  37. and teachers moderating the hallways and classrooms at all times
  38. along with this, the school must have plans for natural
  39. disasters, shootings or anything else that can occur.
  40. Safety can affect students
  41. being safe starts from the second students leave their homes,
  42. whether it's walking,
  43. taking a bus
  44. or riding with their
  45. riding in the car with their parents.
  46. Students must become aware of their surroundings
  47. okay.
  48. In school it is very important for students to feel safe because if they do not,
  49. they will experience emotional stress on top of all
  50. the other stresses that they're already going through.
  51. The more comfortable the students are,
  52. the better their performance will be in the classroom.
  53. Yeah,
  54. wherever the school is,
  55. there needs to be
  56. expectation presentations for students.
  57. They need to know how to be safe and also be informed of what to do
  58. when unsafe situation in unsafe situations such as bullying, lockdowns,
  59. natural disasters and even shootings.
  60. The more informed the students are the more comfortable
  61. they will be with their teachers and their peers.
  62. Safety also has effects on teachers.
  63. Once the students are in the school building,
  64. they become the school's responsibility,
  65. whether it's school or youth violence,
  66. intruder safety
  67. or just general safety of the students during class, lunch and recess.
  68. Teachers must have action plans.
  69. The more practice teachers are
  70. the more prepared, they'll be
  71. in reacting as best, best as possible
  72. to dangerous
  73. situations.
  74. Teachers must have eyes in the back of their heads
  75. in order to take care of all of their students
  76. in the classroom. There must be,
  77. they must be on guard and constantly monitoring.
  78. Not only their schoolwork,
  79. but also their mental help
  80. bullying can make school terrible for many students
  81. and by the teacher stopping it right away.
  82. It would keep a positive and comfortable environment.
  83. Yeah.
  84. Moving on to my second
  85. topic,
  86. safety also affects classroom environments.
  87. The strongest predictor of school safety is a
  88. previous academic achievement accounted for in the classroom.
  89. This being said,
  90. if students don't feel safe in their learning environment,
  91. they're less likely to perform to the best of their abilities.
  92. The link between school safety and academic achievement
  93. could be an important factor
  94. to take
  95. into consideration for low performing schools
  96. were struggling to create the necessary drive in their students.
  97. Yeah.
  98. There's also a way where we can help make a difference.
  99. The most important thing we can do for the Children of our community
  100. is to create a safe learning environment
  101. in which they can thrive and not only be hindered by the
  102. fear of unsafe neighborhoods and teachers who don't care about their safety,
  103. we must implement
  104. measures like the buddy system
  105. or encourage kids and parents to volunteer
  106. to be crossing gars or hallway monitors so they can help protect
  107. one of the places. They should feel the safest
  108. we hear about school shootings and think that would never happen to our school
  109. regardless of where we live or where we go to school with or who we go to school with
  110. any school can experience violence.
  111. The more students and teachers are prepared, the better they'll be in staying safe.
  112. Here's a video.
  113. Okay, Never mind. Um,
  114. moving along
  115. here, a few things
  116. I think my audience should think about.
  117. So the first thing is,
  118. should all school staff be required to attend
  119. a mock school intruder training session?
  120. Should all students at every age level,
  121. along with their parents
  122. and students staff be required to go through school safety training.
  123. Like there could be different levels like middle schoolers,
  124. Elementary high schoolers.
  125. And the last question is based on past shootings.
  126. Should school systems reconsider the way they handle armed intrusions?
  127. Thank you for your time and your attention
  128. and, yep, that's it.