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SCHOOL , from Page 1 is one of the requirements under the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act . The school district ’ s grade is an average of the total scores of all the schools in the school district and it reflects the schools ’ and district ’ s degree of compliance with the Anti-Bullying Bill of Rights Act ,” Leonard said .
This self-assessment calls for each school in the district to give itself a grade out of a maximum of 78 points .
“ This assessment requires each school to rate the effectiveness of its HIB programs , trainings and investigation procedures , so each school gets a grade ,” Leonard said .
The grades are then averaged together to find the district ’ s overall grade which was a 67 out of 78 . Hammonton ’ s individual school grades were as follows :
“ The Hammonton Early Childhood Center … gave themselves a grade of 74 , it ’ s out of a maximum of 78 points , the Warren E . Sooy Elementary School — 66 points , the Hammonton Middle school — 63 points and the Hammonton High School — 63 points . So our district average was a 67 out of possible 78 points ,” Leonard said .
A copy of this report from the state can be found on the district ’ s website under HIB information according to Leonard .
Hammonton School District Superintendent Robin Chieco gave a Student Safety Data Report based on information submitted in April 2018 .
“ The following information was submitted in April of 2018 to reflect the first reporting period for incidents involving violence , substance abuse and HIB as part of the student safety data system . This report is a summation of all four buildings from … the first semester of the school year ,” Chieco said .
According to Chieco the safety data was as follows :
“ Violence which includes assault and fights — 22 , weapons — 2 , substance abuse which includes possession or distribution — 2 , HIB confirmed — 2 ,” Chieco said .
Chieco noted that the board has made updates to several policies in order to promote the safety of all students along with working with
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“ As a district we continuously seek improvements to policies and procedures to ensure the safety of all of our students . For example , this year the board of education has updated several policies dealing with weapons and illegal substances to reflect our commitment to school safety . In addition our administration ’ s worked closely with local law enforcement to report all incidents ,” Chieco said .
Curriculum committee chair Linda Byrnes announced that a guidance position at the elementary school will be reinstated along with the addition of a student assistance coordinator .
“ I am pleased to announce that in curriculum , and it is on tonight ’ s agenda , that we are restoring a guidance position at the elementary school and it is wonderful to see that happen . And in addition , that we will be adding a student assistance coordinator ,” Byrnes said .
In keeping with safety updates , the contract for the new security entrances at the four schools was awarded to local contractor Joseph Porretta Builders based on the lowest bid in the amount of $ 199,852 .
“ Also from buildings and grounds this evening you ’ ll see on the agenda we will be awarding a contract to Porretta Brothers , a local contractor and I have to tell you it makes us as a board so happy to go out with a competitive bid and have a local contractor get that bid , get that be awarded ... coming in lowest ,” Hammonton Board of Education President Sam Mento III said .
In addition to updates at the main entrances , a new security vestibule at the entrance to the Hammonton Middle School Gym will also be constructed as part of the project Mento told The Gazette during a phone conversation .
The board also made an approval to withdraw funds from the capital reserve for the security entrance project in the amount of $ 200,000 . A contract was also approved with RFP Solutions , Inc . for the 2018- 2019 school year . The contract for telephone maintenance is as follows :
• $ 8,492.52 at the high school based on state contract pricing
• $ 3,020.88 at the early childhood center based on state contract pricing
• $ 2,083.80 at the middle school based on Educational Services Commission of New Jersey pricing Professional Service contracts were awarded to :
• Atlantic Investigations for NJ DOT Drug / Alcohol Testing and Compliance — July 1 , 2018 to June 30 , 2019
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