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CONTENTS
Summary of Findings and Recommendations..................... 7 V. RECOMMENDATIONS ......................................................... 43
Discourage the use of metal detectors and
I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................ 9 install them only as a last resort following
Impact of Harsh Discipline Policies .................................................. 10 community approval ....................................................................................... 43
Safe and Better Schools .................................................................................... 11 Adopt a school governance structure that
restores discipline responsibilities to educators ..... 44
II. DATA AND METHODS ........................................................ 14 Place fewer School Safety Agents in city schools .......... 44
Mandate alternatives to harsh discipline ................................... 45
III. COMMON FINDINGS IN THE Encourage student input into school rules ............................ 45
SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS .................................................... 15
Institute transparency and accountability in
Strong and Supportive Leadership..................................................... 15 school safety practices ................................................................................ 45
Communication and Clear Lines of Authority Provide support services for students’
between SSAs and Educators ............................................................ 17 non-academic needs ....................................................................................... 46
Positive Alternatives to Excessive Discipline ....................... 18
A Student Voice in School Rules ........................................................... 20 APPENDIX A .......................................................................................... 47
Support Services for Students’ Nonacademic Bushwick Community High School (Brooklyn) ............... 47
Needs.. 20
Empowered Pedagogical Staff and Close APPENDIX B .......................................................................................... 49
Teacher-Student Relationships ......................................................... 20 Sample Questionnaire......................................................................................... 49
School Culture of Trust and Respect ............................................. 21
List of Current and Recent Impact Schools ......................... 51

IV. PROFILES OF SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS ..... 22
Progress High School for Professional Careers
Notes ......... 52
(Brooklyn) ..................................................................................................................... 23
Urban Assembly School for Careers in Sports
(Bronx) .............................................................................................................................. 27
Humanities Preparatory Academy (Manhattan) .............. 30
Julia Richman Education Complex: Urban Academy
and Vanguard High School (Manhattan) ............................... 33
Lehman High School (Bronx) ................................................................... 40
SUMMARY OF FINDINGS AND
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Figure 1. Police Involvement in Metal Detector Schools by Type of Incident

Source: NYC Department of Education, Annual School Report, 2004-2005.
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Figure 2. Number of Police Personnel vs. Number of Students (2001–2008)
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Source: Annual Mayor’s Management Reports; correspondence with NYPD; City Council hearings; news articles
SAFETY WITH DIGNITY

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Source: New York State Education Department, “School Report Card” 2006-07.
SAFETY WITH DIGNITY

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Source: NYC DOE Research and Policy Support Group, “Graduation Rates, Class of 2007 (2003 Cohort),” 2008; and “The Class of 2004 Final Longitudinal Report: A Three-Year
Follow-up Study,” 2008.
SAFETY WITH DIGNITY

II. DATA & METHODS
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COMMON FINDINGS IN THE III.

SUCCESSFUL SCHOOLS
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Source: NYC Department of Education, Annual School Report, 2005-2006.
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Figure 6. Percent of Students Planning to Attend a Four- or Two-Year College, 2006-2007
Source: New York State Education Department, School Report Card, 2006-2007
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SCHOOLS
Table 1a. Demographics: Successful Schools vs. Metal Detector and Impact Schools
SUCCESSFUL METAL DETECTOR IMPACT

SCHOOLS SCHOOLS SCHOOLS
% White 9.7 5.8 6.1

% Black 26.9 43.0 42.0
% Latino 58.1 43.0 41.4
% Asian 4.7 7.7 10.0
% Male 53.6 51.8 52.9
% Female 46.4 48.2 47.1
% Free or Reduced Lunch 73.6 71.0 70.4
% Limited English Proficient 7.2 14.0 18.8
% FT Special Education 6.5 7.0 8.9
Table 1b. Indicators of Success: Successful Schools vs. Metal Detector and Impact Schools
SUCCESSFUL METAL DETECTOR IMPACT

SCHOOLS SCHOOLS SCHOOLS
% 4-Year Graduation 61.6 54.5 51.2

% Dropped Out 12.2 17.0 18.5
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Average Daily Attendence 82.0 79.6 74.0
% Student Stability 82.1 77.1 74.8
% Planning 4-Year College 42.6 39.0 29.1
% Planning 2-Year College 27.1 19.4 15.6
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PROGRESS HIGH SCHOOL FOR PROFESSIONAL CAREERS (BROOKLYN)
Table 2a. Demographics: Progress High School Table 2b. Indicators of Success: Progress High School
STUDENT PERCENT OF PERCENT OF

INDICATORS
CHARACTERISTICS STUDENTS STUDENTS
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% Free or Reduced Lunch 67.6 % Planning 2-Year College 24.0
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% FT Special Education 6.7 # Property Crime Incidents Per 100 0.2
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TEACHER-STUDENT RELATIONSHIPS
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JULIA RICHMAN EDUCATION COMPLEX: URBAN ACADEMY AND
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SAFETY WITH DIGNITY

Table 5a. Demographics: Vanguard Table 5b. Indicators of Success: Vanguard

INDICATORS

Table 6a. Demographics: Urban Academy Table 6b. Indicators of Success: Urban Academy

INDICATORS

% Black 37.4 % Dropped Out 0
% FT Special Education N/A # Property Crime Incidents Per 100 0.1
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APPENDIX A
BUSHWICK COMMUNITY HIGH SCHOOL (BROOKLYN)
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INDICATORS

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*
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†
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+
Aaron Boyle personal interview, 23 Sept. 2008.
q
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SAFETY WITH DIGNITY

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qq
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***
Millie Lopez-Martir, personal interview, 23 Sept. 2008.
†††

Ibid.
qqq
****
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††††
Neil Pergamant, personal interview, 23 Sept. 2008.
++++
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*****
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SAFETY WITH DIGNITY

APPENDIX B
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Abraham Lincoln High School, 2005 Abraham Lincoln High School, 2006
Adlai E. Stevenson High School, 2005 Canarsie High School, 2006
Canarsie High School, 2005 Christopher Columbus High School, 2006
Christopher Columbus High School, 2005 Harry S. Truman High School, 2006
Evander Childs High School, 2005 John Brown High School, 2006
Harry S. Truman High School, 2005 John F. Kennedy High School, 2006
High School for Service & Learning at Lafayette High School, 2006
Erasmus (K539), 2005
Newton High School, 2006
High School for Youth & Community
Norman Thomas High School, 2006
Development at Erasmus (K537), 2005
Samuel J. Tilden High School, 2006
John Brown High School, 2005
Sheepshead Bay High School, 2006
Lafayette High School, 2005
Walton High School, 2006
Norman Thomas High School, 2005
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Springfield Gardens High School, 2005
Theodore Roosevelt High School, 2005
Thomas Jefferson High School, 2005
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SAFETY WITH DIGNITY

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Figure 1. Police Involvement in Metal Detector Schools by Type of Incident

Source: NYC Department of Education, Annual School Report, 2004-2005.

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Figure 2. Number of Police Personnel vs. Number of Students (2001–2008)

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Figure 3. Student Demographics, 2006 – 2007

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Figure 4. Graduation and Dropouts

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Figure 5. Noncriminal Police Incidents, 2005–2006

Source: NYC Department of Education, Annual School Report, 2005-2006.

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