The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 16, 1993 Page: 17 of 39
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Wednesday, June 16, 1993 — The Colony Leader — Page 7B
CHIT VTA 7 • More than 39 percent reported "I have friends who are teachers you." seven percent say present rules for (They feel administrators say to cer-
O UL V C V significant problems with student and they tell me they are fright- From there Cole said it escalates behavior need to be uniformly en- tain students) ‘If you break a rule,
-----------------%----------------gangs, racial tension (39 percent) ened,” Gutierrez said. “They see into using weapons to solve the forced. A much higher rate says don’t worry, we’ll find a way to get
From 1B and drug abuse (37 percent), these children they know have con- problem. school rules need to be toughened." around it.’"
, in RAlmorn 3 wear old aid ears • More than 70 percent of Texas cealed weapons. They are trained to Cole lays the blame squarely on Barbara Williams, a spokes- The Texas Association of School
Hl i COL dr d io X. olu 8. Wer teachers responding to the survey discipline these children but never the shoulders of administrators and woman for the Texas Association of Administrators did not return phone
raped on a school bus in Fort Worth said they need more support from know when they may turn and maim school boards who he says have sent School Boards, said school violence calls, return pnone
a mie six boys held her down, their principals and that administra- or kill someone. ” the wrong message to students by is not the fault of school boards. More than 70 percent of those re-
airl axsYer a tors need to uniformly enforce Texas schools may be worse than failing to enforce the rules. “These are people whose total sponding to the survey said teachers
* had 1 fontina school rules. the national average. That wrong message includes: service is for the success and well- need more support from school prin-
S A late who had een nuns • More than 68 percent said state A 1991 Department of Education ■ Efforts to eliminate or evade being of kids,” said Williams. “They cipals, a higher percentage than
her. And an 8-year-old boy sexually laws should prescribe harsher penal- survey of teachers nationwide the ‘no pass, no play’ rule, a law don’t get paid for their work. They those who said harsher penalties
n TI theiE of walare across ties for drug use and violence, showed that 37 percent of urban aimed at taking failing students out of are not trying to give the wrong were needed for breaking the rules,
th t H' th The Texas Federation surveyed teachers, 27 percent of urban fringe extracurricular activities until they message. The kids’ welfare is what “We got here by doing some well-
icinste son en 1ns’ 6 1,447 teachers in elementary, mid- teachers and 25 percent of teachers have passing grades in all subjects, they are all about.” meaning but foolish things,” Cole
Colp savs the violence and oss of dleand high schools in more than 200 in smaller cities reported that ■ Allowing students to take part Cole said the survey shows that said. “In order to encourage stu-
faith in hool administrators is ame school districts about violence on physical conflicts among students in graduation ceremonies, even many teachers have also lost faith in dents to stay in school, we became
din a aatar a wav from nnhlir their campus. were moderate or senous problems, though they have failed to pass the their administrators, and even in tolerant of minor bad behavior early
T , way PC Fifty-eight percent of those re- Even in rural America, 18 percent TAAS test, which is required for their principals. on.”
OSC Os am uses pomien es sponding said student violence has of teachers reported problems with graduation. . “The clear belief of teachers is Cole noted that survey results
" harmed y P.> y become more of a problem in the last physical conflicts among students. In ■ Districts that have established a simply that school rules will not be show that 70 percent of the respon-
fornroofhppointsyear. Eighty-six percent said it has as many as a third of schools in the grading system, making 50 the enforced by the administration,” dents had students use profanity in
released Thursday hv the fat become more of a problem during Department of Education study, stu- lowest grade that can be given, no Cole said. “(They believe) whatever the classroom this year and 90 per-
teacher organization 3 the past five years. dents consider it appropriate and matter how poorly the student does, rule you may put in place will be cent say it is a problem in the hall-
- If the merits of that iron hold For Theresa Gutierrez, president proper to settle their disputes ■ Failure to enforce rules, put waived at the appropriate time, ways and cafeterias.
mono than That su vey hold of the school board in Victoria, through violence. students in alternative learning set-
true more than 10 000 teachers where Alexander played football, “The obvious problem,” said tings, and tolerance of bad behavior. *********************************************************
may eavepeen assauire 1092 oxxas the statistics are n° surprise. Cole, “is that learning cannot take “The school boards are at fault in * HI O IV H M O D T C C Ec:
coning with fonfon rn an Gutierrez says the vote she cast one another, violence is almost al- form, OK not to make grades, you
COPSncC -TC01-,8 was for site-based management, but ways going to ensue at some point of can still go to school and enjoy all the
' Moro than 5 xoi the she still feels star football players the proceeding,” Cole said. “If benefits of school life without doing
• NIC Canr orhave been given preferential treat- someone gets in your face and calls the work. And I think that carries
teachers responding to he survey ment. you a dirty name, eventually some- over into these behaviors, and the
said they had been assaulted Gutierrez was pushed to the one is going to haul off and sock teachers clearly say that. Seventy-
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14,000 teacher assaults on campus, ing our superintendent that we had a
31 The results of the survey are ex- situation out of control in our school.
pected to result in a call for exten- I asked him to please do something,
: sive reform in public education and and he virtually ignored me," Gutier-
the initiation of a campaign that rez said
-would force schools to take action After the incident, Victoria spent
against violence.approximately $500,000 for security
- Among the findings of the survey: equipment and guards at its schools.
■ Twenty percent of survey re-
spondents said students have been
assaulted on campus with a deadly
weapon and another 68 percent re-
ported incidents where students
assaulted other students without us-
ing weapons.
■ Abusive and profane language is
common in Texas schools. More
than 90 percent report students us-
eing abusive language to other kids,
and 36 percent say they have been
the target of abusive language in the
last year.
■ Sixty-two percent say threats
of physical violence to students is a
significant problem at their schools,
while 17 percent of educators
~ queried say they were subject to
direct threats of violence.
■ More than 5 percent of the
teachers said they suffered personal
assault by a student during the past
year.
■ Sixty-two percent reported
theft at school, and 65 percent cited
incidents of vandalism on campus.
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Epperson, Wayne. The Colony Leader (The Colony, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 31, Ed. 1 Wednesday, June 16, 1993, newspaper, June 16, 1993; The Colony, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1666752/m1/17/?q=denton+history: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Colony Public Library.