Dear Parents/Guardians:
Staff in the Howard County Public School System are committed to
providing safe and nurturing environments
for your children. In order to address issues around school
safety, policymakers on the national and local levels,
and administrators, teachers and other staff in Howard County Public
Schools, have made efforts to ensure that schools remain safe and
nurturing environments conducive to learning. The No Child Left
Behind Act of 2001 includes school safety as a national educational
goal. The Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE)
has identified safe schools as one of its five strategic goals for
Maryland’s plan for every student. Howard
County, along with other local school systems in the State, has
included school safety as one of the goals in
their strategic five-year Bridge to Excellence Master Plan.
In July 2005, the Maryland Legislature passed the Safe Schools
Reporting Act of 2005, which requires
school districts to report incidents of harassment or intimidation
(bullying) to the Maryland State Department
of Education. A Harassment or Intimidation (Bullying) Form can be
completed by you or your child if you
feel or your child feels that he/she has been intimidated (bullied) or
harassed on school property, on a school
bus or at a school-sponsored activity. Once this form is received by a
school administrator, an investigation
will occur and corrective action will be taken. The Harassment or
Intimidation (Bullying) Forms will be located
in the front and guidance office in our school.
As the administrator of Cradlerock School, I assure you that the safety
and well being of your child is of the
utmost importance to me and staff here at Cradlerock. We know
that our students cannot learn if they are
concerned about safety issues at school. We need your support to
join in our efforts to create and maintain educational environments
that are safe, appropriate for academic achievement, and free from all
forms of
harassment.
If you have questions or need additional information on safe school
programs and supports that are in place
at our school, please contact any administrator at 410-313-7601.
Sincerely,
Jason McCoy
Principal
Cradlerock School