SCHOOL-FAMILY-COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS FOCUSED ON SCHOOL SAFETY - THE BALTIMORE EXAMPLE

Working with the Fund for Educational Excellence and Johns Hopkins Uni versity, schools throughout Baltimore, Maryland, have formed the Balti more School-Family-Community Partnership Program. Schools participatin g in this initiative plan and implement partnership activities that ta rget specific school goals, including improved student safety. This ar ticle describes student safety activities initiated by Action Teams in three Baltimore Partnership schools. Further, it shares participant i nsights into the ways these programs provide urban public school youth with greater support in avoiding maladaptive behaviors, supply them w ith safe havens after school, and ensure that they can travel to and f rom school without harm.