Community Action Team
School Safety from a Student Lens
When debates emerge about school safety, the conversation often centers on the physical infrastructure of our schools, an essential baseline to keeping threats from entering buildings where students should be focused on learning. This CAT team began by discussing what school safety means to them, and while building safety came up, the heart of the conversation centered on the day-to-day lived experience once students are inside school walls.
The Community Action Team was made up of Minnesota high school students from across Minneapolis and St. Paul metro, representing ten schools. Students were invited into the program with the understanding that they would help build a working definition of school safety, surface the issues that matter most to them, and help translate those issues into directions Minnesota system change decision makers can act on.
The Community Action Team report is grounded in student lived experience, state and national data and directions for policy and practice. To be alerted when the report is released or for future opportunities to join a Community Action Team, sign up for our newsletter.
Questions?
Contact Devyn White at [email protected]