CARTOON A NA L Y SIS

BRYSON ATUD
EDU210
10/4/16
CARTOON #4
MEANING OF THE CARTOON
I BELIEVE THE MEANING OF THIS CARTOON IS
ABOUT THE SAFETY IN OUR PUBLIC SCHOOLS

PUBLIC SCHOOLS RIGHT NOW HAVE LACK OF

SECURITY AND BECOMING MORE SCARY FOR
STUDENTS WITH THE EVENTS GOING ON TODAY

FROM BULLYING TO GUN VIOLENCE, STUDENTS

ARE FINDING SCHOOLS TO BE UNSAFE
GAY TEXTBOOKS, CHECK
REPRESENTS BULLYING IN SCHOOLS
STUDENTS HAVE BEEN BULLIED BY OTHER STUDENTS
BASED ON THEIR RACE, SEXUAL ORIENTATION,
RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, DISABILITY, AND OVERALL
APPEARANCE (SUCH AS HEIGHT, WEIGHT, OR LOOKS)
BULLYING CAN HAPPEN VERBALLY, AND EVEN
THROUGH SOCIAL MEDIA (KNOWN AS
CYBERBULLYING)
EFFECTS OF BULLYING
IT LEADS STUDENTS EMOTIONAL DISTRESS, LOW
SELF ESTEEM, AND LACK OF CONFIDENCE.
CAUSES DEPRESSION AND EVENTUAL SUICIDE
SUICIDE IS THE SECONDLEADING CAUSE OF
DEATH FOR AGES 10-24. (2014 CDC WISQARS)
MORE TEENAGERS AND YOUNG ADULTS DIE FROM
SUICIDE THAN FROM CANCER, HEART DISEASE,
AIDS, BIRTH DEFECTS, STROKE, PNEUMONIA,
INFLUENZA, AND CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE,
COMBINED.
DAVIS V. MONROE COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION
THE MOTHER TO 5 GRADE STUDENT LASHONDA SUED AGAINST
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THE SCHOOL OFFICIALS AND SCHOOL BOARD DUE TO THE
HARASSMENT HER DAUGHTER RECEIVED AT THE SCHOOL SHE WAS
ATTENDING.
THE SUIT CONTENDED THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS KNEW OF THE
HARASSMENT BUT FAILED TO TAKE ACTION.
UNDER TITLE IX OF THE EDUCATION AMENDMENT OF 1972, PRIVATE
DAMAGES ACTION MAY LIE AGAINST A SCHOOL BOARD IN CASES OF
STUDENT-ON-STUDENT HARASSMENT.
THE SUPREME COURT THUS OVERTURNED THE DECISION OF THE
ELEVENTH CIRCUIT AND REMANDED THE CASE.
A FIVE-PART HARASSMENT TEST WAS DEVELOPED TO
DETERMINE IF THE SCHOOL LIABILITY EXIST.
THE STUDENT IS A MEMBER OF STATUTORILY PROTECTED
CLASS (GENDER, RACE, DISABILITY)
THE PEER HARASSMENT IS BASED UPON THE PROTECTED
CLASS
THE HARASSMENT IS SEVERE, PERVASIVE, AND
OBJECTIVELY OFFENSIVE
A SCHOOL OFFICIAL WITH AUTHORITY TO ADDRESS THE
HARASSMENT HAS ACTUAL KNOWLEDGE OF IT
THE SCHOOL IS DELIBERATELY INDIFFERENT TO THE
HARASSMENT
CONDOMS, CHECK
REFERS TO SEXUAL ACTIVITY IN SCHOOLS.
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, AS WELL AS MIDDLE SCHOOL HAVE REPORTED TO HAVE BEEN SEXUALLY
HARASSED. MOSTLY BY PEERS, AND SOME BY TEACHERS.

IN A 2012 REPORT, 26% OF VICTIMS WHO WERE SEXUALLY ABUSED WERE AGES 12-14 YEARS OLD.
THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL ESTIMATES THAT APPROXIMATELY 1 IN 6 BOYS AND 1 IN 4 GIRLS
ARE SEXUALLY ABUSED BEFORE THE AGE OF 18.
GEBSER V. LAGO VISTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
(1998)
THIS CASE INVOLVED A TEACHER HAVING SEXUAL CONTACT WITH ONE OF HIS STUDENTS, WHO WAS IN THE 9 GRADE
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IN THE LAGO VISTA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, A PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEM IN TEXAS THAT RECEIVED FEDERAL
FUNDS.

THE TEACHER WAS ARRESTED AFTER THEY WERE DISCOVERED HAVING SEXUAL INTERCOURSE, AND WAS FIRED BY THE
SCHOOL BOARD. THE STUDENT NEVER NOTIFIED SCHOOL OFFICIALS ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP.

THE STUDENT BROUGHT THE SUIT AGAINST THE SCHOOL, AND THE SUPREME COURT DETERMINED THAT LIABILITY
COULD ONLY BE IMPOSED IF THE SCHOOL OFFICIAL.

WHILE THE SUPREME COURT CONCLUDED THAT A SCHOOL COULD BE LIABLE FOR DAMAGES TO A STUDENT DUE TO
SUCH HARASSMENT BY A TEACHER, IT WAS FOUNDED THAT THE SCHOOL WAS NOT LIABLE.
SEX EDUCATION
THIS SECTION ALSO RELATES TO SEX EDUCATION
IN SCHOOLS.
IT IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO LEARN
ABOUT SEX EDUCATION TO PROTECT
THEMSELVES.
PROPER SEX EDUCATION PREVENTS YOUNG
ADULTS FROM RISK OF DISEASES AND EARLY
PREGNANCY.
FEWER THAN HALF OF HIGH SCHOOLS AND ONLY
A FIFTH OF MIDDLE SCHOOLS TEACH LESSONS ON
ALL 16 OF THE NATIONALLY RECOMMENDED
TOPICS FOR SEX ED.
LESS THAN 40% OF SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE
REQUIRED SEX AND HEALTH EDUCATION FOR
GRADUATION.
BULLETPROOF VEST, CHECK
REPRESENTS GUN VIOLENCE IN OUR SCHOOLS.
SINCE 2013, THERE HAVE BEEN AT LEAST 198
SCHOOL SHOOTINGS IN AMERICA, AN AVERAGE
OF NEARLY ONE A WEEK.
2013 Sandy Hook Elementary School
Sandy Hook, CT
27 Killed, 2 injured
UNITED STATES V. LOPEZ
THIS CASE INVOLVES A 12 GRADE TEACHER FROM SAN ANTONIO, TX, CHARGED FOR POSSESS A FIREARM
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ON SCHOOL PREMISES, VIOLATING THE GUN-FREE SCHOOL ZONES ACT OF 1990.

THE ACT FORBIDS ANY INDIVIDUAL KNOWINGLY TO POSSESS A FIREARM AT A PLACE THAT [HE] KNOWS IS
A SCHOOL ZONE.

LOPEZ FINDS THE LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL, CLAIMING THAT IT EXCEEDED CONGRESS POWER TO
LEGISLATE UNDER THE COMMERCE CLAUSE.

IN A 5-4 VOTE, THE SUPREME COURT FOUND THAT A LAW TO REGULATE GUNS IN A SCHOOL ZONE WAS NOT
ECONOMIC ACTIVITY AND HAD NO SUBSTANTIAL EFFECT ON INTERSTATE COMMERCE.
WAYS TO KEEP SCHOOLS SAFE
REPORT ANY SUSPICIOUS ACTIVITY TO SCHOOL OFFICIALS OR SCHOOL POLICE, PARTNER WITH LAW
ENFORCEMENT

CREATE A EVACUATION PLAN

MONITOR FRONT ENTRANCES
USE VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
KEEP CLASSROOM DOORS LOCKED
QUESTIONS?
THOUGHTS?
CONCERNS?