Rainy River Valley Safety Coalition Partners

School Violence Committee

• This group brainstorms with parents, teachers, and students to come up with solutions to violent incidents in their schools. They have brought in behavioral science speakers for students. They also identify problem areas for students, teachers and parents. They work with school officials to raise a level of school and community pride. The local OPP have some of their officer’s work in an office at the high school to promote a closer working relationship with students. This promotes the reduction of school violence. Since its inception, there has been a 40% reduction in violent incident in and at the local high school.