Insights from Developing and Implementing a Novel School Community Collaborative Model to Promote School Safety
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8 2024
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Source: J Sch Health. 94(8):768-776
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Alternative Title:J Sch Health
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Description:Background:
School Resource Officer (SRO) programs do not reduce school violence, and increase school discipline. We describe the use of a culturally responsive framework to form a school community collaborative between students, parents, staff, administrators, and law enforcement to reform an SRO program, promote school safety, and reduce punitive measures.
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Members of a participating school district (PSD), a local county, and a university collaborated. Adapting an identified culturally responsive model, a racially/ethnically diverse school community co-developed and implemented a School Community Collaborative (SCC) to address a school safety priority (SRO program reform). The main outcomes were SCC model development and implementation, policy change, and school community feedback.
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Sixteen community members participated in the 5-week SCC with students, staff, law enforcement, and parents. The SCC revised the district’s SRO memorandum of understanding (MOU) with law enforcement. Participants reported favorable feedback, and 89% reported the inclusion of diverse voices.
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Co-development and implementation of an SCC process with schools was feasible. School SCC participated in a community-engaged evaluation and revision of an MOU.
Implications for School Health Policy, Practice, and Equity:
SRO policies and practices affect school safety, and the SCC process supports a systematic evaluation of school SRO programs.
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Pubmed ID:38637288
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Pubmed Central ID:PMC11230839
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