Grossmont Union High School District

Student Safety Roadmap: Part 1

This five-part safety series offers parents and families practical tools and information to support safe schools. When it comes to protecting students, staff, and schools, we all have a role to play.

P3 Tips: Did you know students can report suspicious activity to San Diego Crime Stoppers using P3 Tips? The P3 app is available on all GUHSD Chromebooks and makes it easy to submit a report anonymously.

Dangerous objects are not OK: Please remind your students that dangerous objects – including objects designed for “everyday” uses (such as box cutters and knives) or imitation firearms (such as toy/water guns or anything else resembling a weapon) – are never allowed at school. Please see GUHSD’s Board Policy on prohibited weapons and dangerous instruments. Because we take student safety so seriously, students who do bring such objects to school are subject to suspension or expulsion.

Vaping devices come in all shapes and sizes: School safety includes student health and well-being. “Vaping” – smoking through the use of e-cigarettes – is a frustratingly persistent issue on our campus. While vaping devices are never allowed on campus, some vaping devices appear as if they were intentionally built to conceal their real function. Here are a few examples that have been recently confiscated. It’s always helpful for students to be reminded about the dangers of vaping, and we encourage you to have that conversation with them. There are resources and programs available to help teens quit. You can also visit Kick It CA for more tools. Please also feel free to speak with your student’s Assistant Principal or School Counselor for more information.

Altercations are not entertainment: We are always working to teach students about healthy ways to deal with conflict. Unfortunately, physical altercations between students do still occur on campus from time to time. What can make these situations worse is when students who aren’t involved gather around to watch or, worse, cheer it on. This creates a dangerous situation both for the staff working to safely intervene and for all of the students in the area. Students also sometimes choose to post videos of fights on social media which can do great harm to the lives of those involved. It’s important to know that students who post photographs or videos of fights on social media could face school disciplinary action. We would appreciate you talking with your students to remind them that fights are not entertainment and that we all have a role to play in the overall safety of our campus. If a student sees a fight begin, they should find the nearest staff member and ask for their help so that the situation can be de-escalated as quickly and safely as possible.

Reminder – Student Privacy is Protected by Law: From time to time, incidents occur on our campus that result in student discipline. When these unfortunate incidents happen, it’s very understandable that families may want to know what disciplinary action was taken for all of the students involved. However, federal and state laws protect the privacy of information and records personally identifiable to a student. That means that our school is prohibited by law from sharing information about specific disciplinary actions with anyone other than the parents/guardians of the student receiving the discipline.

Sincerely,

District Safety Committee

1100 Murray Drive (PO Box 1043)

El Cajon, CA 92020 (La Mesa CA 91944)

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Grossmont Union High School District does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, or disability or affiliation with the Boy Scouts of America and other designated youth groups or any other basis protected by law or regulation, in its educational program(s) or employment. The following employees have been designated to handle questions and complaints of alleged discrimination:

Additional Title IX non-discrimination information
4119.26 BP Employee/Student Interaction Policy
Additional non-discrimination and related policies
Complaint- Uniform Complaint/Other

Title IX Coordinator - Mary Nishikawa, Director I - Student Support Services, 1100 Murray Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020; (619) 644-8012; mnishikawa@guhsd.net
Title II/ADA Coordinator - Paul Dautremont, Assistant Superintendent; 1100 Murray Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020; (619) 644-8041; pdautremont@guhsd.net
Section 504 Coordinator - Lauren Basteyns, Director II / Principal, B.L./Academic Intervention, 1100 Murray Drive, El Cajon, CA 92020; (619) 593-2763; lbasteyns@guhsd.net

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