The first 90 days.

Vaping in the restroom, fights between classes, bullying where no adult is watching—the most common incidents don’t happen in class. They happen in the unstructured minutes of movement, in the few square feet no one’s covering. In the first 90-day window, those minutes add up fast.

One district is proving those numbers can move. Charlotte County Public Schools cut vaping referrals by 27%, tobacco referrals by 17%, infractions by 16%, and suspensions by 9% within two years of launching their prevention-based intervention program across 16,875 students and 25 schools.

In this session, Rebecca Marazon, NCSP, Coordinator of Psychological and Mental Health Services at Charlotte County Public Schools, will share how they did it. Navigate360's Adam Efird will show how a digital hall pass system fits into that plan—giving staff real-time visibility into student movement and the data to act on what they're seeing.

The first 90 days bring the perfect storm for behaviors: new students, new problems carried in—family stress, break-ups, friend groups re-forming, pressure as the social order resets.

The warning signs show up early: a student being bullied, a spike in referrals, a noticeable behavioral shift that nobody has acted on. But the signs aren't the problem. Missing them is—and so is over-reacting or under-reacting when you do see them. 

In this session, Dr. Dewey Cornell, Professor of Education at the University of Virginia and author of the widely-used CSTAG threat assessment model, will walk through what behavioral threat assessment looks like in practice—how to evaluate a concern, when to escalate, and how to distinguish between a transient threat and a serious one.

Navigate360's Ryan Sladek will then show how to operationalize that framework—documenting steps, coordinating your team, and building a defensible record that holds up if a case is ever questioned.