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Gangs

For anything you read here or on any of these pages and you would like to report this to the Lake Worth ISD you can always use the link to Awarity posted on the District website and also below.  Look for the Butterfly with an "A" inside it.

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What is a gang? According to Section 71.01(d) of the Texas Penal Code, it is “three or more persons having a common identifying sign or symbol or an identifiable leadership who continuously or regularly associate in the commission of criminal activities.” 

According to the Lake Worth ISD Student Code of Conduct, students are prohibited from:

  • Involvement in a public-school fraternity, sorority, or secret society, or gang including participating as a member or pledge, or soliciting another person to become a pledge or member of a public-school fraternity, sorority, secret society, or gang.
  • Involvement in criminal street gang activity 

Signs of possible gang involvement:

  • change in friends
  • changes in dress (wearing the same color combination, etc.)
  • gang type symbols writing on books, clothing, etc.
  • tattoos
  • money or new expensive items that cannot be explained
  • carrying a weapon
  • losing interest in school and family
  • truancy 
  • legal problems such as arrest and other police involvement
  • alcohol and other drug involvement
  • talking in gang style language
  • using hand signals when communicating with others

Are you concerned your child may be involved in a gang? 

  • talk to your child and discuss the consequences of being in a gang
  • talk to school officials and counselors about local gang intervention programs and counseling
  • contact your local law enforcement agency, juvenile authority, and local youth organizations to get more information on anti-gang programs
  • take immediate action if you experience graffiti on your property-report it to the police, take photos and remove immediately