Forrest City Students Use Texting to Make School Safer

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FORREST CITY, AR (AP) - Forrest City's middle, junior high and senior high schools are starting a program to involve students in making their schools safer. Education leaders say safer schools will result in a reduced student dropout rate.

The program is called "Let's Talk About It" and encourages students to help school staff detect threats to school safety.

With the new program, students with access to a computer or texting can let selected faculty members know what's going on, and do it anonymously.

School officials are hoping the program will help ease the concerns of students who are reluctant to tell teachers about things they see at school because they fear reprisal or being labeled a snitch.

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