Chapter 8: A Safe and Healthy School Environment

A very important part of any school is a healthy learning environment for the students. In schools it is important that clear expectations of behavior of students is well known. The teachers of the school also promote and model appropriate interracial and inter-ethnic behaviors. Conflict resolution and peer mediation are important tools and skills for students to learn. Counseling, knowledge of nutrition, and physical activity are all important for healthy bodies and minds of the students.

Some schools are linked to health services to further assist students. I think this is a good idea in some respects because it allows students to get assistance they wouldn't normally get if they were too shy to ask their parents. On the other hand I can see how a community could be wary about something like that because the parents want to know what their children are doing. This could be a potential problem. Every situation and community is different and it depends on how it is handled by the administration.