It is the mission of the Safe Schools Partnership to promote a safe school environment for all students, faculty, administration and parents. This mission grows as a proactive response to the threat of violent tragedies witnessed across America over the past few years where students, most often children and some adolescents, committed horrific crimes in the school against classmates and faculty.
It is the belief of this Partnership that there is no justification for tolerance of violent acts or the threat of violence. Creating a peaceful and productive school environment can be accomplished by facilitating a collaborative effort between the school districts, police departments, members of the family court system, legislators, students, family members, friends, mental health professionals and other appropriate community resources.
The Safe Schools Partnership fulfills its mission by providing a primary partnership between schools and the police departments to:
- Create a proactive, community-wide initiative to provide a safe environment in which our children can maximize their potential;
- Provide a collective voice to assure every student and parent that violence in our schools is unacceptable;
- Develop practical methods which can assist in the early identification of potential problems and work to resolve the underlying issues which contribute to school violence;
- Support a “zero tolerance” approach to those individuals who commit violent acts in our schools.