I am a strong supporter of the fluorescent green vest hall-pass concept. If a student is wondering around without a colorful safety vest, we then know that student is:
(a) Not a student at all.
(b) Skipping...Stealing, or dugger'n'up trouble.
*What would be extremely effective and entertaining, as well as a unique tactic would be if the security guards, or some trusted faculty could create a video log of the students who are skipping, or causing trouble, or not wearing a vest (sweep with camcorder during classes and record only when needed, when students are not wearing vest). Arm the security/Administrators with small camcorders that would allow the students to be recorded with a time stamp. We then could do something like Channel 12's criminal showcase (*assuming we have channel 1 next year and an on-campus student news show.*) "Have you seen this student...has not reported to 2nd period in 23 days"...etc...I believe this tactic would begin to deter the criminal activity, knowing that students can be videotaped as part of tardy sweeps or a way of physically recording students to log for disciplinary reasons...(Video is strong evidence).
This can all be done fairly easily, and we have the resources to begin. Even if not used in a news show format, the video evidence would be staggering, and great for House administrators when it comes time for that burden of proof.
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I love the video idea Mr. Cook! It's much better (and probably less likely to get one fired) than my super-soaker idea.
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