Safety and Health at schools

Here we have ANOTHER example of board not following it’s own policy and not updating local policy as needed. The master policy is BDF LEGAL from 2009. By state law and this TASB policy the Board must appoint a permanent council of parents to advise about sex education policy. The parent’s committee is called the Safety and Health Advisory Council. (SHAC, “shack”) LISD instead makes the SHAC just one more “other duty” for the child nutrition Specialist. And we have NEVER created a local policy on the questions.

Policies FFI Local and FFH Local define and attempt to deal with bullying and sexual harassment, generally. But without the regular review of incidents by the Safety and Health Advisory Council, their summary reports to the superintendent and board, and board action, the board is --by their own design-- isolated and ignorant of what's going on in the schools.

Lunchroom in chaos as students jump on tables, chant, and play "king of the mountain"? Not documented. Not addressed. Students knocked down and their pockets rifled? Not reported, not considered, notn solved.

The board can't fix the schools until safety issues are resolved -- and that means following their own policy to know what's happening.