In order for Lubbock ISD to be in compliance with the requirements of Senate Bill 9 (SB 9), all elementary aged students in Lubbock ISD will begin to receive instruction from their campus counselors utilizing the Second Step: Child Protection Unit curriculum next week. This unit is research based, includes family materials, and provides staff training.

Students will learn three types of skills: 

• Personal Safety. Students will learn important safety rules, such as safety with guns, sharp tools, and fire, and when riding on wheels or in cars. They will also learn ways to help them decide if something is safe or not. How to use the Ways to Stay Safe to recognize when something is unsafe, report anything unsafe to an adult, and refuse to participate. How to always ask a parent or the person in charge first before going somewhere, doing something, or accepting something from someone.

• Touching Safety. Students will learn about safe, unsafe, and unwanted touches, and rules about touching private body parts. They’ll also learn to say no to unsafe or unwanted touches, and to tell an adult if someone breaks rules about touching private body parts. In fifth grade, we will begin using the anatomically correct names of the private body parts. We will not be providing definitions or images of the private parts, merely using the anatomically correct terms.

• Assertiveness. These lessons will also give students a chance to practice asking an adult for help, telling an adult about an unsafe situation, and being assertive to get out of unsafe situations. 

Instruction on the Child Protection Unit curriculum will begin on November 11 and will last for two months, ending on January 17. Each week students across the district will participate in a 15-20 minute lesson with their campus counselor which will include instructional materials related to protecting children and keeping them safe from abuse.

Curriculum materials are copyrighted and therefore unavailable for public display on our website, however you can access parent resources on the Second Step website by entering a family access code (instructions here). You also have an important role in helping your child stay safe! Home Links 1–5 in the Child Protection Unit have activities to help you and your child create a family safety plan.

During the registration process for the 2024-2025 school year, parents/guardians were able to indicate their preference for their child’s participation in this curriculum on the SB 9 form. If you would like to review your selection and/or make a change, please contact the Lubbock ISD School Safety and Security Office at 806-219-0229.

Student Health and Safety Training (SB 9 and 11):

Visitor Management:

STOPit! Anonymous Reporting:

Lubbock ISD is committed to providing students and staff with the safest learning environment possible by being proactive when it comes to dealing with incidents of inappropriate behavior that lead to avoidable issues. When students are comfortable sharing information with school staff, campuses are able to maintain a positive school climate and get students the help they need.

• Students report anonymously via mobile app, web, or phone hotline service

• 100% anonymous, 100% of the time

• Students can report: 

  • bullying/cyberbullying

  • hazing

  • inappropriate student/teacher relationships

  • violence/threats

  • weapons possession

  • drugs/alcohol

  • substance abuse

  • thoughts of suicide/suicidal ideation

Website and APP Access Code: lubbockisd

Hotline: 1.806.363.5324 (must dial a 1 and the area code)

Definition of Bullying: a single significant act or a pattern of acts by one or more students directed at another student that exploits an imbalance of power and involves engaging in written or verbal expression, expression through electronic means, or physical conduct that

• has the effect or will have the effect of physically harming a student, damaging a student's property, or placing a student in reasonable fear of harm to the student's person or of damage to the student's property;

• is sufficiently severe, persistent, or pervasive enough that the action or threat creates an intimidating, threatening, or abusive educational environment for a student;

• materially and substantially disrupts the educational process or the orderly operation of a classroom or school, or infringes on the rights of the victim at school.

Definition of Cyberbullying: bullying that involves the use of any electronic communication device, including through the use of a cellular or other type of telephone, a computer, a camera, electronic mail, instant messaging, text messaging, a social media application, an Internet website, or any other Internet-based communication tool.

Definition of Hazing: any intentional, knowing, or reckless act done by one person alone or acting with others that is directed against a student that

• endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student

• for the purpose of pledging or being initiated

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