COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- Across Columbus City Schools' middle or high schools, police are called an average of twice a day to handle violent student outbursts.
Last week, NBC4 Investigates showed you the level of violence CCS schools must handle. NBC4 Investigates' five-month investigation found hundreds of fights between students and physical attacks and threats directed at teachers.
Rainbow crosswalk near Ohio State restored after vandalism incidentPursuing solutions, one CCS high school has reversed the trend of violence inside the classroom. NBC4 Investigates sat down with Dr. Samuel Johnson Jr., the principal at Beechcroft High School in north Columbus. He’s been there for eight years and said the methods he’s using to reduce violence are working.
“Building relationships goes a long way with administering your policy,” Johnson said.
State discipline reports for Beechcroft's 2023-2024 school year show an overall drop in occurrences by 25% from the year before. Discipline reports include in-school and out-of-school suspensions, expulsion and emergency removal. Data for the 2024-2025 school year is not yet available.
Johnson said Beechcroft's teachers sit down with students to try and get to the root of behavioral issues. That attention to concerns also includes getting students to connect with one another.
“We have student-led restorative practices, which focus on our portrait of a graduate, which teaches students how to be empathetic, have communication skills,” Johnson said.
Ohio emerges as early adopter in AI education policiesThe district said it’s intentionally training school leaders to work with students on de-escalation techniques and noted that in schools like Beechcroft, this approach is working.
“We have to build relationships," Johnson said. "We have to have a policy that doesn't create the school-to-prison pipeline."
In the 2023-2024 school year, Beechcroft had four calls to the police, one of the lowest of all CCS middle and high schools. These included one report of a gun, two fights, and, in one case, parents yelling at an umpire.
“We have crisis prevention, professional development, we use our counselors,” Johnson said.
It’s not working at every school; across the district, reports of fighting and violence have increased. NBC4 Investigates has the data across all district schools for the 2023-2024 school year:
At Beechcroft, the numbers show Johnson’s methods of building relationships and developing programs that connect students are working.
“Our teachers, administrators and our security have their ear to the ground so if something is about to happen, we solve it before it does,” Johnson said.
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