AnComm's New Product Allows Sweetwater County Students to Report Threats Anonymously.'Talk About It' Helps to Prevent Bullying, Harassment Ask a Lawyer Question Country: United States of America State: Nevada I recently moved to nev.from abut have been going back to ca. every 2 to 3 weeks for med. OXFORD, Miss. -- For the first time in Wyoming, students will be able to anonymously report threats of intimidation and harassment to school personnel by simply using any computer with Internet access See how to access the Internet. . Sweetwater County School District (Number Two) is the first Wyoming school district to implement Talk About It, a new online messaging tool that allows students to anonymously communicate issues and engage in safe dialogue with their school personnel. Talk About It has been implemented successfully by school districts in southern, central and western U.S. states A U.S. state is any one of the fifty subnational entities of the United States, although four states use the official title "commonwealth". The separate state governments and the federal government share sovereignty, in that an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and , but Sweetwater marks its official entry into Wyoming. Talk About It provides each student with a personal and confidential access code. Students at the district's Green River High School, Lincoln Middle School Lincoln Middle School may refer to:
"We know that students are the best source of information for what is happening in schools - the key is to create a forum where they feel safe to share that information," said Carter Myers, president of AnComm, which developed Talk About It. "Today's students prefer to communicate through familiar mediums - e-mail, instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or . Talk About It allows them to reach out through a comfortable, safe environment where they don't have to be afraid that someone might see them making a report or seeking help for a problem." The product has already helped school officials in other states confiscate To expropriate private property for public use without compensating the owner under the authority of the Police Power of the government. To seize property. When property is confiscated it is transferred from private to public use, usually for reasons such as guns and other weapons, heading off the potential for violent attacks, Myers said. Talk About It, available for review at http://talkaboutit.ancomm.com, has also helped to prevent teen suicides, as troubled students reach out to faculty through the technology. Sweetwater implemented Talk About It in late January 2007 and students are already responding well. Through the product, the schools have already helped needy students, and AnComm has received many "thank you" e-mails from students who are happy to have somewhere to turn in times of crisis. The service comes six months after the school district's board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. approved a new Bullying Prevention and Education Policy, which is aimed at preventing incidents of student harassment and intimidation, which can escalate es·ca·late v. es·ca·lat·ed, es·ca·lat·ing, es·ca·lates v.tr. To increase, enlarge, or intensify: escalated the hostilities in the Persian Gulf. v.intr. into school violence. In addition to serving as a conduit for students, Talk About It offers many reporting features, so that principals and other administrators can better assess problem areas in their schools. "By using Talk About It, Sweetwater schools will have a built-in system that allows for reporting, documenting and responding to violent threats," Myers said. "At the same time, it protects victims from retaliation RETALIATION. The act by which a nation or individual treats another in the same manner that the latter has treated them. For example, if a nation should lay a very heavy tariff on American goods, the United States would be justified in return in laying heavy duties on the manufactures and , which is a major reason bullying and violent behavior are not reported in the first place." "Students have reported a variety of issues through the system, including cyber-bullying, depression, fighting, drug and alcohol abuse, pregnancy, family problems and cutting," Myers said. About AnComm AnComm is the leading innovator of technology-based solutions that allow students to anonymously report issues. "Talk About It," has been successful in helping to reduce school violence and teen suicides. Founded by Louis Brandt, who has supported educational causes for more than 30 years through The Brandt Foundation, AnComm was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Oxford, Mississippi Oxford is the county seatGR6 of Lafayette County, Mississippi, United States. The population is currently about 19,000, due to a recent annexation of five square miles of Lafayette County in all directions. . More information about the product is available at http://talkaboutit.ancomm.com. |
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