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What I want to stress is that we have many programs in place to support kids and we do take this information seriously so we can build up intervention programs.'
WALLED LAKE
The Walled Lake Consolidated School District has 24 buildings and serves approximately 15,646 students.
Numbers that stood out in the district's 2007-08 report include 140 incidents of bullying at James R. Geisler Middle School, 29 physical assaults at Western High School, 21 bus accidents at Northern High School and 22 incidents of illegal possession at Western High School.
Assistant Superintendent Michael Beauchamp said the overall numbers have gone down in the district and, like Huron Valley's Roberts, he said the numbers are subjective.
The Walled Lake district has a number of programs in place to help combat things like bullying and physical assaults.
'We haven't seen much fluctuation,' Beauchamp said. 'The most important changes we've been making as of late, in terms of increasing safety, have been with the recent homeland security grant. After the (emergency response) simulation we found some policies and protocols that needed to be revamped. Typically the patterns have been consistent.'
When comparing the 2007-08 data to 2006-07 data, the district's totals for bullying increased by one from 222 to 233 last year; the number of physical assaults rose from 8 to 36; the number bus accidents rose from one to 21; and the number of illegal possessions decreased from 50 to 33.
WATERFORD
The Waterford School District has 23 buildings and serves approximately 11,375 students.
Waterford district numbers from the 2007-08 report that stood out include two incidents of criminal sexual conduct at Mott High School, four incidents of weapons at Mott High School and 17 larcenies at Kettering High School.
Compared to the 2006-07 report data, the district's total number of criminal sexual conduct cases decreased from three to two last year; the number of weapons incidents decreased from seven to five; and the number of larcenies increased from 23 to 48.
'We have a safety and security cabinet that meets monthly to review the data,' said Waterford Schools Spokesperson Rhonda Lessel. 'We use this data to apply for grants like the Safe Schools Healthy Students grant we just received. We also use the numbers to determine the needs of the district. We focus on the physical security of our students, as well as the emotional security of our students.'
Like the other area districts, Waterford implements programs like Challenge Day and anti-bullying programs.
Lessel said some of the reported incidents don't involve students at the schools, but take place on the school grounds when school isn't in session, such as on the weekends.
'I want something to be very clear these numbers also represents things that happen here but don't necessarily involve our students,' she said.
WEST BLOOMFIELD
West Bloomfield School District representatives didn't respond to calls for comment prior to press time.
The district has 14 buildings and serves approximately 6,819 students.
Numbers that stood out from the district's 2007-08 report include 14 incidents of illegal possession at West Bloomfield High School, five physical assaults at Doherty Elementary and one case of criminal sexual conduct at Abbott Middle School.
Comparing district totals from 2007-08 to 2006-07 data, the number of illegal possessions decreased from 17 to 16 last year; the number of physical assaults decreased from 38 to 9; and the number of criminal sexual conduct cases stayed the same at one.
To view full crime and safety reports for each district go to www.michigan.gov/cepi, click on data and reports, click on schools and select the report you wish to view.
The Government announced a new inquiry into the case for high speed rail, as Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon insisted: 'New lines have great potential and it is important that we start now to plan for future growth.'
Ministers have never officially ruled out building high speed rail links, but the Government's attitude has previously been hostile to the idea.
It follows the Conservative pledge made at the party conference in Birmingham that a Tory Government would build a new line with trains running up to 190mph, which could cut journey times from London to Birmingham to 45 minutes.
The Labour leadership is also struggling to cope with a rebellion over plans to build a third runway at Heathrow Airport. Opponents of the expansion plan, including a number of Labour MPs in London seats, have been arguing that a high speed rail service, costing an estimated 20 billion, could provide an alternative solution to growing demand for air travel.
By taking commuters from Birmingham, Manchester, Leeds and possibly Scotland to the Eurostar terminal in St Pancras, London, it could allow people to travel quickly to destinations on the Continent without needing to fly, MPs claim.
A House of Commons motion signed by 78 MPs, including around 50 Labour MPs, 'regrets the fact that provisions to improve high speed rail lines from Heathrow to major cities have not been fully explored.'
There have been reports that some Cabinet Ministers, including Environment Secretary Hilary Benn, have been encouraging the Labour rebels.
Transport Secretary Geoff Hoon has now issued a Commons statement announcing a new inquiry, to be led by Transport Minister Lord Adonis.
It will examine ways of making better use of existing transport networks, such as expanding motorways or improving rail lines.
But it will also focus on 'longer term solutions', Mr Hoon said.
He told MPs: 'This will include consideration of wholly new rail lines, including high speed rail
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