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Ccauncil Nleb+ur .ps~zzailo added that sloe appreciated the wick response of the school corporation in irnpleanenting a €;~~° ticket procedure. Council I~flerr~ber 1~.uspa stated that he believes that eve are "living in an age of violence". ~=te noted that he was glad that the Cor,tncil F~~°as getting involved1 ruith the school corporation since the concerns having, been l~rerving for tl~e last couplc of years. Council president Rouse stressed that today's f:ocrrs woezld be c~~~ gathereng irrfs~rmatior~ from the variaus disciplines involved so that 4~e s;a€~ coll€~ctively wank together. Council Meanber i7Vhite suggested that the school afficials address the sec~pe oaf the problems, what are the overall challenges, and. hos~r can. the t.®uncil and 9:he c~orrsn~unity wank together with the seho€~l corporation on tlxese concerns. ~~illiart~. lVtark Yates, the t?rineipal of Riley Hi.~;h Schaal, Hated that ~rntil tl~e girls l~asl:etball incident there had been. no major probler~ls of this type in the two (2) years that he has been at Riley. lie voiced cor~rcern with regard to Council IVlerriher Kirsits rer~aarks about ~7arking lot security and officials voicing concern. and wished to know at what school that incident occrtrred. l~Jlr. Yates noted that the t~ehaveor ~~thich tao!~; place at tl~e recent girls basketball game was not indicative of what takes place, Dr. Diane C~reaves ~~1~ South Bend. Con~rrrr,rnity Schools noted. that sire has been in South Bend tar sixteen (16j years. She noted that today st~.rdents take to fi€;hting where before it wotirld have bean an argurrrent. Sloe noted that many of those isrvalved do Hat i~-ave aspect for other people. iVlany students str-crggle:, a.nd r~tany of the girls are fighting, In fact they get on lint and have Internet blags against each €~ther. lvlary tonne "hfan" `t'ulchinsky; l~iraetor cif SBCS athletics, noted. that the school. corporation. has a policy in place. Sl~re noted that at the national level there toes the Paceril'iston incident which showed inappropriate behavior. She noted. that urrtortunately incidents kike that spill into the schools. They have been pro-active and have had athletic directors meetings. ID's are reclcrired in order for students to be <tdn-ritted to an athletic event. bats must be rernov~ed when rnen are irr a building. li` a person refuses to abide by their ruli;s, they are asked to leave. 'They have asked all school. adrninistratars to be present at all games, and have asked there to travel to games outside of the city. Slae attended the National Athletic Directors Conventian held last December. Spor-tsrnansllip and inappropriate behavior and ahrr.se were discussed at leng~tl~. She noted that marry schools arc irnpler~renting regulations trat~~ what the South Bend Cornrnr~nity School Carporatian had in place over a year ago. In .lanrrary 2p06 she reef with all principals to revrety the policies. She concluded her remarks by stating that they are working very hard to 17rrve a safe ~rr~rrQr7nlen.t. South C3end 1'alice Chief Thomas Fairtr noted that the, Defy recognizes the issues of youth violence anal that there are in place an Explorers l'rogra'i~`r; that the STZO program h.as been expanded to the intermediate schools as a~rell as the high scl,oo~s.; i'roject Safe l~leighborl~ood, etc. They are developing a "good intelligence" in the interest of tnakin€; students accountable. l~-le rated drat oven, it does not matter if a police officer is present, that in some case fet~a~ales will still get involved in violent. acts. He Hated that. often it is the lack of skells to deal with a. J~c~-~ruun ! . 2OOG 11i a3lh at~d Yuj~lic s~letti' Ctm~nZitte~; cy1 the 2E')06 5out3s f3~=nd f:urraa~c~~7 C:nuncil -)'~~~ ~ i'i ~ "