Require visitors to sign or check in and wear badges |
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96.4 |
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Require visitors to sign or check in and wear badges1 |
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94.4 |
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Control access to school grounds during school hours2 |
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45.3 |
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Equip classrooms with locks so that doors can be locked from the inside3 |
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68.5 |
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Close the campus for most or all students during lunch |
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78.7 |
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Provide school lockers to students |
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75.8 |
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Have "panic button(s)" or silent alarm(s) that directly connect to law enforcement in the event of an incident3 |
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32.3 |
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Provide an electronic notification system that automatically notifies parents in the case of a schoolwide emergency |
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77.7 |
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Require faculty and staff to wear badges or picture IDs |
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68.4 |
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Use one or more security cameras to monitor the school |
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88.6 |
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Provide telephones in most classrooms |
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79.2 |
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Provide two-way radios to any staff |
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75.3 |
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1Examples of controlled access to school buildings provided to respondents were locked or monitored doors. |
2Examples of controlled access to school grounds provided to respondents were locked or monitored gates. |
3These items are new to the 2015–16 School Survey on Crime and Safety. |
NOTE: Responses were provided by the principal or the person most knowledgeable about crime and safety issues at the school. |
SOURCE: U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics, 2015–16 School Survey on Crime and Safety (SSOCS), 2016. |