FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Public school students in Broward
County are now able to text-message authorities if there's danger
on campus.
That's in response to a fatal shooting at a Fort Lauderdale high
school in November.
Superintendent James Notter said he realized after the shooting
that students are just as likely to send a text message as make a
phone call.
So he expanded the district's "Silence Hurts" program, which
urges students to tell someone if there's a weapon on campus.
The program has a 24-hour hot line and now a devoted number to
send text messages to, all anonymously.
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Published: January 14, 2009
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