One student’s comment about a classmate — “he’d be the type to bring a gun to school” — morphed via social media into rumors of an actual threat. A police investigation cleared the suspect, but both students and parents are…
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School Safety Law News for 4/12/12
Washington state high schools are using security cameras to monitor students throughout their campuses, thanks to local taxes and a matching federal grant. Racist tweets lead to a police investigation and school reprimands for three football players. Students who created…
School Safety Law News for 4/11/12
Ten days after a student submitted a threatening essay, which detailed how he would conduct a school shooting, the student posted his essay on Facebook. Parents are upset that the school only notified them after the essay went online. Visitors…
Brave Students and Timely Tips: Texting Successfully Alerts Educators in Utah
Roy Utah: Utah girl credited with alerting officials over alleged school bombing plot Via StandardExaminer.net and MSNBC.msn.com An appropriate follow-up to the previous post on anonymous tip lines is this report of a foiled plot to bomb a public school campus a…
Bullying and Anonymous Tips: Students Texting to Educators as First Alert
McLean Co., KY: McLean Co Schools now using texting to report bullying Via 14wfie.com Educators are implementing a new kind of anonymous tip line that allows students to send text messages about any issue without giving their names. The approach…
New Strategy for Improving School Safety: Removing All Lockers
Hall lockers? Some schools say no Via USA Today This is a difficult trend to understand, especially given the state of school safety legal reform. Educators have a wide range of options available with the campus and the physical plant. …