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Section 6: Problems Facing Schools

Safety and Order: Problems
Question 1: As I read off the following problems by letter, would you tell me how often you think each problem occurs in the public schools in this community -- just your impression? Most of the time /fairly often or not very often/ almost never/never. Schoolwork and homework assignments not completed; Behavior that disrupts class; Skipping classes; Talking back to/disobeying teachers; Truancy/being absent from school; Use of drugs at school; Selling of drugs at school; Sloppy or inappropriate dress; Cheating on tests; Vandalizing of school property; Stealing money or personal property belonging to other students, teachers, or staff; Drinking alcoholic beverages at school; Theft of property; Carrying of knives, firearms or other weapons at school; Sexual activity at school; Racial fights between whites, blacks, Hispanics, or other minorities; Taking money or property by force, using weapons or threats; Physical attacks on teachers or staff. (Asked in: 1984.)
[Code: 575-QuaPS-1]

Question 3: To promote school safety, some school districts are considering adding more security guards while others are considering increasing mental health services. Which do you think would be most effective in promoting school safety -- hiring more security guards or providing more mental health services? (Asked in: 2013.)
[Code: 956-QuaS-3]

Question 5: Now, please think about your community's elementary schools. On a five-point scale, where 5 means strongly agree and 1 means strongly disagree, please indicate your level of agreement with each of the following statements: Elementary schools should employ armed security guards. Elementary schools should allow teachers and administrators to be armed. Elementary schools should have screening procedures similar to those used in government buildings for anyone who wishes to enter the school. (Asked in: 2013.)
[Code: 957-QuaS-5]

Question 6: Now please think about your community's middle/junior high schools and high schools. On a five-point scale, where 5 means strongly agree and 1 means strongly disagree, please indicate your level of agreement with each of the following statements: Middle/junior high schools and high schools should employ armed security guards. Middle/junior high schools and high schools should allow teachers and administrators to be armed. Middle/junior high schools and high schools should have screening procedures similar to those used in government buildings for anyone who wishes to enter the school. (Asked in: 2013.)
[Code: 958-QuaS-6]

Safety and Order: Safety of Neighborhood
Question 7: When your child is outside at play in your own neighborhood, do you fear for his/her safety? (Asked in: 1977, 1998, 2013.)
[Code: 597-QuaPS-7]

Safety and Order: Safety of School
Question 8: When he/she is at school, do you fear for his/her physical safety? (Asked in: 1977.)
[Code: 596-QuaPS-8]

Question 9: Thinking about your oldest child, when he or she is at school, do you fear for his or her physical safety? (Asked in: 1998, 2013.)
[Code: 593-QuaPS-9]

Question 10: Thinking about the public schools in your community, how would you describe the learning environment for students in those schools -- very safe and orderly, somewhat safe and orderly, not very safe and orderly, or not at all safe and orderly? (Asked in: 1999.)
[Code: 592-QuaPS-10]

Question 11: How about the learning environment in the public school your oldest child attends -- would you say it was very safe and orderly, somewhat safe and orderly, not very safe and orderly, or not at all safe and orderly? (Asked in: 1999.)
[Code: 580-QuaPS-11]

Question 12: In thinking about your oldest child's safety, are you more concerned about intruders in the school or the actions of other students? (Asked in: 2013.)
[Code: 955-QuaPS-12]

Safety and Order: Theft at School
Question 13: From what you have heard or read, is it your impression that stealing (money, clothes, lunches, books, etc.) goes on a great deal, some, or very little in the local public schools? (Asked in: 1974.)
[Code: 578-QuaPS-13]

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Problems Facing Schools

Safety and Order: Problems
Question 1: As I read off the following problems by letter, would you tell me how often you think each problem occurs in the public schools in this community -- just your impression? Most of the time /fairly often or not very often/ almost never/never. Schoolwork and homework assignments not completed; Behavior that disrupts class; Skipping classes; Talking back to/disobeying teachers; Truancy/being absent from school; Use of drugs at school; Selling of drugs at school; Sloppy or inappropriate dress; Cheating on tests; Vandalizing of school property; Stealing money or personal property belonging to other students, teachers, or staff; Drinking alcoholic beverages at school; Theft of property; Carrying of knives, firearms or other weapons at school; Sexual activity at school; Racial fights between whites, blacks, Hispanics, or other minorities; Taking money or property by force, using weapons or threats; Physical attacks on teachers or staff. (Asked in: 1984.)
[Code: 575-QuaPS-1]

Safety and Order: Problems/Security
Question 2: Do you favor or oppose the use of the following in the public school in your community as possible ways to maintain security? How about a) security guards? b) trained dogs for sniffing out drugs? c) random drug tests to identify drug users? (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 577-QuaPS-2]

Safety and Order: Problems/Solutions
Question 4: As I read off each of the following approaches for maintaining order in the public schools, would you tell me whether you favor or oppose its use in the local public schools? How about a) removing troublemakers from class? b) requiring students to remain on school grounds during lunchtime? c) banning smoking by students anywhere on school grounds? d) banning kissing and hugging on school grounds? (Asked in: 1996.)
[Code: 574-QuaPS-4]

Question 6: Now please think about your community's middle/junior high schools and high schools. On a five-point scale, where 5 means strongly agree and 1 means strongly disagree, please indicate your level of agreement with each of the following statements: Middle/junior high schools and high schools should employ armed security guards. Middle/junior high schools and high schools should allow teachers and administrators to be armed. Middle/junior high schools and high schools should have screening procedures similar to those used in government buildings for anyone who wishes to enter the school. (Asked in: 2013.)
[Code: 958-QuaS-6]

Safety and Order: Problems/Safety of Neighborhood
Question 7: When your child is outside at play in your own neighborhood, do you fear for his/her safety? (Asked in: 1977, 1998, 2013.)
[Code: 597-QuaPS-7]

Safety and Order: Problems/Safety of School
Question 8: When he/she is at school, do you fear for his/her physical safety? (Asked in: 1977.)
[Code: 596-QuaPS-8]

Question 9: Thinking about your oldest child, when he or she is at school, do you fear for his or her physical safety? (Asked in: 1998, 2013.)
[Code: 593-QuaPS-9]

Question 10: Thinking about the public schools in your community, how would you describe the learning environment for students in those schools -- very safe and orderly, somewhat safe and orderly, not very safe and orderly, or not at all safe and orderly? (Asked in: 1999.)
[Code: 592-QuaPS-10]

Question 11: How about the learning environment in the public school your oldest child attends -- would you say it was very safe and orderly, somewhat safe and orderly, not very safe and orderly, or not at all safe and orderly? (Asked in: 1999.)
[Code: 580-QuaPS-11]

Question 12: In thinking about your oldest child's safety, are you more concerned about intruders in the school or the actions of other students? (Asked in: 2013.)
[Code: 955-QuaPS-12]

Safety and Order: Theft at School
Question 13: From what you have heard or read, is it your impression that stealing (money, clothes, lunches, books, etc.) goes on a great deal, some, or very little in the local public schools? (Asked in: 1974.)
[Code: 578-QuaPS-13]

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