Schools

District Anonymous Bullying Reporting Tool to Make its Debut Thursday

The tool will be accessible through every school's website and the district website.

Every student in Valley View Community Unit School District 365U will soon be able to report a bullying incident through an anonymous internet-based system called Sprigeo.

Four VVSD schools piloted Sprigeo as an anonymous bullying reporting tool last spring with great success, recording dozens of reports. Administrators at Humphrey and Lukancic Middle Schools as well as Wood View and Beverly Skoff Elementary Schools were able to follow up on each and every report.

"Every seven minutes a child is bullied somewhere in this country," said VVSD Community Outreach Coordinator Michele Bochnak. "Valley View is taking this nationwide problem seriously but we need everyone's help."

The Nov. 1 launch of Sprigeo, which will be accessible through every school's website and through www.vvsd.org, is just one tool in the fight VVSD's Anti-Bullying Task Force has launched against bullying.

VVSD's Board of Education has adopted a strict anti-bullying policy which was mailed to every parent and is available by clicking the anti-bullying icon on the left side of the district website at www.vvsd.org.

In addition, every VVSD staff member has been trained on how to watch for signs of bullying not only in victims but also among bystanders and the victims themselves.

Staff members, in turn, will meet with students to discuss the bullying problem, including how to react to a bullying incident and how to use Sprigeo.

The VVSD Anti-Bullying Task Force will continue to seek ways to work toward elimination of the bullying problem in schools, including involving parents and the community in what must be a combined effort.

Editor's note: The following is a press release from Valley View School District 365U. 

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