Students attend school five to six days a week, 36 weeks a year, and school safety is essential. “School safety” is the safety of school environments, such as the incidence of harassment, bullying, violence and substance use. There are many public policies that affect school safety. Public policies are the often unwritten principles on which social laws are based. Safety is also important in schools. Security is the state of freedom from danger or threat. These terms are essential to know as we seek to improve our schools. What is Project Citizen? For many years, Edgewood and other schools across the country have given their seventh graders a project to help them improve their community or school. Seventh graders research a problem their community or school is facing, then find solutions to that problem. The community or school then executes the solution to resolve the problem. Edgewood is slowly improving itself through Project Citizen. In recent years we have identified problems such as unsafe crossings and toilet hygiene. For Project Citizen to be successful, students must research and analyze their problem to find the solution. This year's Citizen Project aims to improve the safety of our school. Edgewood is a great school. It has good teachers, technology and education system. To improve safety, there are some key things to know about our school. Edgewood has 21 fire alarms and 24 fire extinguishers readily available. There are 23 total exits, 3 on the second floor and 20 on the first floor. There are 53 total classrooms and 49 total teachers. There are 630 students in total, 202 in the 8th grade, 224 in the 7th grade, and 204 in the 6th grade. It is essential that schools provide a… medium of paper… to send home or to class. Punishments for bullying range from imprisonment to expulsion. Edgewood's Internet policy is relatively simple. Inappropriate websites are blocked by the administrator so that no student can access them. Teachers also monitor Internet usage and search history. Edgewood's cyberbullying policy is more complex. First the teacher is informed of the situation. They later confront the bully and punish him accordingly, as well as sending him to the principal. They then prevent any further access to the cyberbullying method. All of these situations are necessary information to know when inside Edgewood. If a student, staff member or visitor is not familiar with these procedures, they are at serious risk of injury during one of these events, especially if it is not a drill. This is one of the many problems present in schools.