"Trouble was brewing at Fels High School last school year: Asian students were jumped and beaten. Disabled students were assaulted.
'It was scary,' Eileen Coutts, then an assistant principal, said of the climate at Fels.
Worried that the unrest might escalate, Coutts invited members of community groups to the school. Administrators, parents, students, and activists came up with a list of interventions - class discussions, peer mediation, mentors, an 'international welcome squad,' cultural sensitivity training for staff, a buddy system for new students."
'It was scary,' Eileen Coutts, then an assistant principal, said of the climate at Fels.
Worried that the unrest might escalate, Coutts invited members of community groups to the school. Administrators, parents, students, and activists came up with a list of interventions - class discussions, peer mediation, mentors, an 'international welcome squad,' cultural sensitivity training for staff, a buddy system for new students."