The St. Joseph School District has launched a new online incident reporting system with the hope that it helps in bullying prevention.

Dr. Solon Haynes, Dir. of Student Services with the district said at the beginning of this school year the district began using Sprigeo. He said the online reporting system will allow people to report not only bullying, but any type of harassment or threat to the school.

“Students, parents they can go online and they can either report it anonymously or they can leave their name so we can get back in touch with them to gather more information if we need it,” Dr. Haynes said. “It’s another avenue for our parents and our students to report things.”

Haynes said anyone with access to the web can use the reporting form.

“Maybe they don’t want to be seen going into the office because they’re afraid of maybe somebody retaliating against them for reporting,” Dr. Haynes said. “They can go online, it can be anonymous and in the safety of their own home.”

He said the ultimate goal is to reduce bullying incidents and harassment.

“With this online program we know exactly when a report was made because it will be time stamped through the system. So it will help us also keep track of the time frame that we need to adhere to when addressing bullying issues,” Dr. Haynes said.

He said a Sprigeo logo has been placed on each school’s individual web page for access to the reporting form. To view the form directly, CLICK HERE.