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Thursday, September 25, 2014

Students Are Now Empowered By New Online Service To Report Bullies


Belton Middle School in Kansas City has introduced a new way to expose bullies with discretion, and from the comfort of your own home.

The service is called Sprigeo, and the institution believes they can reduce the amount of bullies in the school by using it, since it meets students on their own digital turf.
Students who access the site are asked to click on drop-down boxes to identify locations, such as bathrooms, cafeteria, bus stops and other places around the school where they’ve witnessed an act of bullying.
Over 1,000 school districts in 27 states now subscribe to Sprigeo, said Joe Bruzzese, a former educator who established the site. He also stated that: “Traditional reporting about bullying has always involved a three-page report that you fill out while everyone else stand around and watches.
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