VI. Appendices Appendix

A: Vermont School Reported Violence-Related Issues*

A. Vandalism

1. Number of schools reporting incidents of vandalism at their school during the 1996-1997 school year:

221 reported incidents 100 reported no incidents

1a. Cost of damage done by vandalism in their school(s) during the 1996-97 year:

a. 50 schools with less than $100

b. 85 schools with $101-$500

c. 33 schools with $501-1001

d. 43 schools with $1001-5000

e. 5 schools with $5001-$10,000

f. 2 schools with over $10,001

g. 3 schools unable to estimate accurately

1a.1. Number of schools reporting that at least some of the incidents of vandalism can be directly connected to alcohol or other drug incidents: Connected:

14 Not Connected: 126 Not Sure: 81

1a.2. If there was a connection, the cost of the damage was:

a. 3 schools with less than $100

b. 4 schools with $101-$500

c. 4 schools with $501-$1000

d. 3 schools with $1001-5000

e. 0 schools with $5001-$10,000

f. 0 schools with over $10,001

g. 8 schools unable to estimate accurately

2. Number of schools that had police visit their school during the 1996-1997 school year on a TAOD policy violation, a vandalism, or a violent incident: Police visited for this purpose:

142 Police did not visit for this purpose: 177

2a. Of the schools with police visits, number of times police visited for the following:

a. 136 for an AOD-related incident

b. 191 for a vandalism-related incident

c. 213 for a violence-related incident (e.g., physical attacks, verbal abuse)

d. 9 reported records are not maintained

2b. Number of schools that had to call the police because of an incident involving a student’s adult family member and their behavior at school:

Called about a family member: 71 Did not call about a family member: 245

2b.1. In response to a call about a family member’s behavior, the police visited their school:

a. 58 schools reported 1-2

b. 9 schools reported 3-5

c. 1 school reported 6-10

d. 0 schools reported 11-20

e. 0 schools reported more than 20

B. Violent Behavior

1. Number of schools that have a policy/policies to address incidents of violence (i.e. physical attacks, verbal abuse):

School has policy/policies: 286 School does not have policy/policies: 34

2. Number of schools that had staff members physically attacked by students during the 1996-1997 school year:

Attacks on Staff: 95 No Attacks on Staff: 221 ……….No Records Kept: 4

2a. Of the schools which had attacks on staff, the number of incidents were as follows:

a. 28 reported 1 incident

b. 34 reported 2-3 incidents

c. 12 reported 4-5 incidents

d. 12 reported 6-10 incidents

e. 9 reported more than 10 incidents

3. Number of schools that had staff members threatened with bodily harm by students:

Threats to staff: 126 No threats to staff: 183 ………..No records kept: 10

3a. Of the schools which had threats to staff, the number of incidents were as follows:

a. 28 reported 1 incident ………...

d. 16 reported 6-10 incidents

b. 53 reported 2-3 incidents

e. 13 reported more than 10 incidents

c. 15 reported 4-5 incidents

C. Weapons in School/on School Grounds

1. Number of schools with a written policy and/or procedures for weapons at school:

School has written policy: 306 School does not have written policy: 13

1a. Number of schools that changed their policy and/or procedures since last year (based on the following question & number of policies received: “If the policy and/or procedures been changed since last year please attach the new policy to this report.”):

28 schools changed policy 278 schools did not change policy

2. Number of schools reporting that they were aware of incidents (possession, threats or attacks) involving guns at their school during the 1996-1997 school year: 11 aware of gun-related incidents 308 not aware of gun-related incidents

2a. Of the schools which were aware of gun-related incidents, number of incidents, type of guns, and number of expulsions:

15 incidents

9 types of guns

5 expulsions

* This is an interpretation of the Department of Education Act 51 survey results for 1996-1997. The survey is mailed to 321 schools and contains only self-reported, unverified data from each school.