In week two of EDLD 5301 I have learned a great deal about action research and how helpful and beneficial it can be for teachers and administrators.  Some of the reading this week gave light to fitting action research in to the chaotically busy schedules that we have as administrators.  The reading gave an excellent comparison that really hit home with me.  It basically stated that just as we make it a priority to schedule exercise in to our week, the same should be done with action research.  It doesn't have to be for extremely lengthy periods of time or anything, but quality time and consistency are the key.  I had decided that I was going to do my action research project over the need for standardized dress in our district, but after meeting with my site supervisor this morning, we both feel as though doing it over the high need of an SRO (School Resource Officer) on our campus would be better and more beneficial to our campus at this time. We need an SRO on campus full-time as opposed to the SRO on call that we currently share with the high school.  Sharing an SRO with the high school is just not working due to the amount and levels of discipline that we deal with on a daily basis. Every time he is on our campus handling a situation he gets called away by the high school.  I had to reschedule a parent meeting three differnt times because he kept having to answer his phone and eventuatlly leave all together. I felt terrible to have to make the parent wait that long to be able to have a meeting with us. We need an officer to be on campus full- time. I will be gathering and comparing data regarding the total number of students that the junior high has compared to the high school, as well as the comparison of the different referrals and number of fights that are occurring in the classrooms as well as the hallways. I will be contacting the Juvenile Probation Office and getting information regarding the numbers of students that are on probation at the junior high compared to the number that are on probation at the high school. I also plan to contact different schools in our region with similar demographics and total student populations to inquire what their practice is and if they have a full-time SRO on their junior high campuses, as well as how it has/is affecting the amount of fights and referrals. We will also be holding assemblies to let the students know that when they are given different referrals such as classroom disruption, insubordination, profanity, and fighting, that they will be issued a citation by the officer as well as the consequences according to the level that they are on for our discipline plan that we have in effect on our campus. I am interested to see if and by how much referrals decline once we have the assembly and make them aware that they will be ticketed. I plan to track that data as well. My principal advised me that once my research is complete and she has looked over it that we need to create a power point and present the information to our Superintendent and Vice Superintendent as our formal request for a full time SRO on the Pampa Junior High Campus.  I am really looking forward to this!  When I saw that this class was called "Research" I was thinking ahhhhh man really.  This is going to be hard!  In all honesty, it is very interesting, time consuming of course, but inreresting. I am enjoying doing the course work and am looking forward to the results and changes that could be brought to our campus.