It isn't only teens or children who are victimized when they are in school. In some schools teachers are the victims of these cruel crimes. These crimes are usually reported to the police.
    Are schools really a safe place to work?

Statistics:

• During the 1993 to 1994 school year, 12% of all elementary teachers and secondary teachers were threatened with injury by a student and 4% were physically attacked.
  
• 47% public schools reported less serious crime or nonviolent crime towards teachers.
• The percentage of crimes was much higher in the larger cities than in towns or rural areas.
• 44% to 55% of all public middle and high schools reported crimes of vandalism, theft, and physical attacks or fights without weapons. A much smaller percent of public middle and high schools reported the more serious crimes such as rape or other sexual battery, robbery, or physical attack or fights with weapons.

    Teachers have not only been attacked by students, but by the parents of the students that are in the school. Once, the parents of a high school football player in Texas allegedly shot his son's coach in the chest. The coach recovered, but was in serious condition. Also, a mother in Dallas stormed a middle school class and allegedly attacked a teacher.
   
    Very recently, it was the sixth anniversary of the Columbine school shootings. Since Colmbine most school districts have been working to ensure the safety of the students and teachers.
Schools are now putting in place the following safety practices:

• 94% had no tolerance policies for weapons
• 96% require visitors to sign in before entering the building
• 80% prohibited students from leaving the school for lunch
• 53% controlled access to the school
• 24% controlled access to the school grounds
• 4% performed random metal detector checks
• 1% performed metal detector checks every day
• 12% had a law enforcer at the school on a daily basis