TAMPA – Something unexpected is happening with a new online system that allows people to report school bullying anonymously.
Parents are treating the Hillsborough schools Web site as a 24-hour complaint line for everything from their children’s passing squabbles with classmates to grievances about teachers – incidents that usually don’t rise to the level of bullying.
But that’s fine with leaders in the schools, who are using the new tool to spot red flags before they escalate.
“It does expedite a situation,” said Coleman Middle School Principal Michael Hoskinson, who reads every report at his school no later than the day after it was sent. “They can share their concerns with us immediately.”