Purpose: This working group is charged with updating the 2002 Forum document Safety in Numbers: Collecting and Using Crime, Violence, and Discipline Incident Data to Make a Difference in Schools to help establish a consistent body of terms and definitions in the field.
Current Tasks: The Crime, Violence, and Discipline Working Group is just beginning its effort to revise the document.
Meeting Schedule: This working group's next meeting will be on February 28, 2010 at the Winter Forum.
Roster:
James Haessly, School District of Waukesha (WI)
Jim Harrington, Hillsboro School District (OR)
Michael Hopkins, Rochester School Department (NH)
Derek Howard, Utah State Office of Education
Irma Jones, Tennessee Department of Education
Tom Ogle, Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Janice Petro, Colorado Department of Education
Linda Rocks, Bossier Parish Schools (LA)
Steve Shiever, Crescent Public Schools (OK)
David Weinberger, Yonkers Public Schools (NY)
E–mail: Crime-Violence@nceslistserv.com [Note that only registered members of a listserv (i.e., members of the working group) can send messages.]
Chair: William Smith, Sioux Falls School District (SD)
NCES Staff: Ghedam Bairu
Support: Tom Szuba, QIP
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