Massachusetts Personal Injury Library
Massachusetts School Safety: Are Our Schools Safe Enough? (Part A)
With violence in schools increasing, is the State of Massachusetts and each of the counties and cities therein, doing enough to protect the safety of the students entrusted to their care? Many parents and victims of school violence would say no!
Children have a right to feel safe while attending classes and shouldn’t have to be looking over their shoulder out of a fear of being attacked or victimized. Additionally, administrators shouldn’t have to worry about their school being turned into a war zone.
Reducing Violence in Massachusetts Schools
Fortunately for Massachusetts residents, some of the public schools will be receiving grant money to increase safety measures on campus. Keep Schools Safe reports, “Recipients of this year’s grant money were schools and organizations that demonstrated community need and an intervention plan responsive to that need. They were also chosen based on their formation of a strong, creative, and collaborative violence prevention plan that included conflict resolution programs, efforts to address school policies, bullying prevention, and school/community wide education.”
Some ways to increase school security and safety:
- Get involved with the school
- Write to the legislature to increase safety spending
- Ensure your children’s schoolhas developed a school safety plan
- Realize violence in schools has moved to middle schools as well as high school
- Educate your child in proper safety measures and who to report bullying incidents to at the school
- Work with the community to ensure proper action is taken when school violence does occur
If your child has been a victim of school violence in Massachusetts you should consult with a child injury lawyer that specializes in child injury cases in Boston, Massachusetts.
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