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A leadership
PEER LEADERS program that
advocates for
UNITING STUDENTS improving the
school campus
and getting
more students
involved with
meaning school
activities
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PLUS Forums Summary

- Focus Issue: Chronic Absences & Tardies
- 3 Plus Forums during 1st Semester
Methods/Process
- 280 students invited
- 109 students attended
- Gathered data on campus climate via
surveys
- Built community among students through
various activities
- Brainstormed causes and solutions in small
focus groups
 In our second forum, we gathered data through a survey from 3
students on campus who are chronically absent or constantly
late to class.

Quantitative ○ Based on our information, we had more than half of

the students say that they don’t believe they get
Data Analysis treated fairly on our campus.

○ A good example would be that students are often

being stopped by CSM’s based on dress codes.
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Results

1. I have been 1. 9% said yes, that

Quantitative depressed in the they have felt
Data last year for more depressed.
than two weeks 2. Only 51% of the
straight because of students felt that
bullying. they have a purpose
2. I feel that there is a in life.
purpose in my life.
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Causes
● transportation / don’t have a ride / traffic / school starts too
early
● bullying / drama / don’t like peers
Qualitative ● sick / stress/ no sleep / procrastination / stressed from
Data Analysis grades
● family issues / too many kids to take care of

Solutions/
● Teacher parent conference / new teachers / Understanding mindset /
Show more affection / No bullying
● Better food / More activities
● Provide bus passes /No more permits to be able to park
● Change school start time / longer lunch
● Longer passing periods
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Advocacy Based on ideas gathered by

students at PLUS Forum,
students want longer
passing periods to help
improve tardiness on
campus.
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We polled a random selection of 218

students whether they feel that they
had enough time to get to their next
Student Survey
class.

80% felt 5 minutes is not enough time

for passing period
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We have gathered over 300 maps and the
longest routes that came up more than once were...

● D-building to the C-Building

Map Data
● The E-Building to the Science Building

These seem to be the most cluttered and congested

areas
This data is based off our current school setup, we will continue to

gather research after classrooms move.

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Video evidence
Photovoice
Pictures of
Campus &
Students
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We asked 3 adults to act as students and
see if they can make it to the next class.

Adult
Experiment ● Each teacher was given a different
route that was either long or
congested
● ⅔ of the teachers made it on time
but they still agreed on 2 minutes
of extra time
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● Mr.Martinian: 4 minutes, 45 seconds.

“Yes, I had time to stop at the restroom and also go to
class but no additional time. What helped was I went
Adult directly to class (was determined) time preasusse
Experiment helped.” -- Comparison to female experience
● Mrs.Lee: 5 minutes when the bell rang.
“Yes I made it. I walked really fast and didn’t stop and
talk to anyone… I was really focused is what helped.”
-- students are social
● Mrs.Juarez: Did not make it on time. 1
minute after bell. “No i didn't, it took a while to
pack up and I was not wearing right shoes, hard to
ignore people. Music was a great indicator that your
late, it was a really long route.”
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Teacher Interview
We interviewed 4 teachers and asked their opinion on student
attendance .

Interviewed teachers about student

tardiness
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How do you feel about students being

late to class?
“I try my best to understand that
students will at times be late due to
many reasons.”
-Aldrich Sabac
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What change would you like to see so
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that students aren’t constantly tardy?

“Make the passing period a little bit
longer by a minute or two so that
students have that extra time to get to
class.” -Nichole Perez
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Thank you!