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[quote=Anonymous]Last year three young men who attended ACHS were murdered.  This past Wednesday another young man who attended ACHS was murdered.  This is sad, alarming, and not something I ever! anticipated to occur in Alexandria.  These families have lost children, and school is not an escape for these children.

I think this is most reflective of the deteriorating City, but it should be impetus to someone in ACPS that they must reorient the ship.  ACHS is an urban, violent school and the safety survey with the recently published results are disturbing.

"Incidents involving staff are still infrequent, with around 80% of all student, staff, and parent respondents rarely or never witnessing bullying or harassment from staff (85%) or physical altercations between students and staff (81%), compared to 57% who rarely or never see bullying or harassment from students and 48% who rarely or never witness physical altercations between students."

"Other problem behaviors are less common, as 83% rarely or never witness students bringing weapons to campus, and around two-thirds rarely or never see student use of drugs or alcohol or vandalism of school property." SO, 17% have seen a weapon on campus!  Further in the study, 41% of students have seen drug or alcohol use at school.

The focus groups key findings are also profoundly disturbing, "Students cite fights as the primary element undermining their safety while at school; however, they also express substantial discomfort with drug sales and use in bathrooms."

Everyone deserves SO much better.
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