Lindenwold Public Schools

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DISTRICT ACTIONS TAKEN TO ADDRESS STAFF & STUDENT SAFETY

2021 - PRESENT

➤ (21 - 22) Added a Class III Officer for Elementary (SRO remained at LMS and LHS. SRO’s are School Resource Officers/Lindenwold Police Officers and armed.)

➤ Addition of licensed therapists from a contracted agency is provided on-site to students. (Contracted Therapy)

(2021 - 2022 First Children’s Services / Feb. 2020 first introduced with a previous contractor)

➤ (2022) Safety Vestibules added in each school (4, 5, LMS, LHS); (2024) Enhancing the safety vestibule at LHS with a transaction window (Summer 2024)

➤ (2021 - Present) Life-Lines Grant to review our policies, practices, procedures (suicide prevention)

➤ (2021 - Present) Begins in PK. Implemented Move this World Curriculum which focuses on: five core social emotional learning competencies as defined by the Collaborative of Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL)

➤ (2022 - 2023) Stop-It App (anonymous reporting) This is posted on our website, website shared with students, and you can download the app.

➤ (2022 - 2023) Added additional monitors to LHS to man the security desk after hours

➤ (2022 - 2023) Invited Representatives from NJ Homeland Security to visit all 4 of our owned buildings: 4, 5, LMS, LHS. They observed drills and "table-topped" with us after.

➤ (2023) Vape Sensors @ LHS (piloting) - also detection for fights

➤ (2023 - 2024) Revamped our Character Education LMS Class (Lion’s Way) & Freshman Seminar Classes

➤ (On-going) Handle with Care Training (46 staff were trained in 2023 - 2024) / re-certify our Handle with Care District Train the Trainer

➤ (2023 - 2024) Introduced an alternative educational program / “evening school” known as Twilight Program which serves grades 7- 12

Daily Counseling

Community Service

Therapeutic dog program

Academics including small group targeted instruction

Minimum of 2 marking periods / Maximum of academic career 2)

Piloting Yondr Pouches for cell phones

➤ (23 - 24) Implementation of Crisis Teams @ each building

➤ (23 - 24) Increased security at indoor athletic events and requiring adults to accompany middle school students

➤ (2024) LMS - Partnered with Lindenwold PD (after school program - gaming equipment ordered) (Grant awarded 2022 - 2023)

➤(2024) Additional administrator in 2023 - 2024 @ LMS (upstairs home base and dedicated to grades 7 / 8). Now 4 LMS Administrators: 1 Principal, 2 Assistant Principals, 1 BSI Supervisor

➤(2024) Introduction of school-based services (small group and individual) through NJ4S Grant/Center for Family Services 

➤(2024) RFP is already out for secondary PBSIS consultant

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Moving Forward

➤(2024) Continue with the above and continue with re-entry meetings / return requirements (This began in spring 2023.)

➤(2024) Continue with offered assemblies for the remainder of the school year:

•Oct. / Nov. Assemblies in October & November Narcotics Overdose Prevention Education (N.O.P.E.) presented to students in grades 7-12 on the dangers of narcotics and the prevention of overdose deaths.

•January: Assembly in January, students in grades 5-6 heard from Detectives from the High Tech & Special Victims Unit of the Camden County Prosecutor's Office on the topic of cyberbullying and online safety. 

➤(2024) New cell phone practice at LMS. Cell phones must be kept into a student's locker / book bag.

➤(2024) Maintaining the staggered schedule for class changes

➤(2024) Additional police presence when needed

➤(2025) Re-districting 5th grade to the elementary schools (Opening of Early Childhood Center)  LMS will be approx. 250 students less in 2025 - 2026. 

➤ Continue to employ 4 Guidance Counselors (1 per grade) / 1 Substance Abuse Counselor assigned specifically to LMS  (5 counselors on site daily) for under 900 students (1:180 ratio @ Lindenwold)    (1:250 recommended by ASCA)

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COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS

Lindenwold School District Communication Protocols & Contact Information

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COMMUNICATION PROTOCOLS

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