New App Allows Franklin Co Students to Report Incidents Anonymously

Students in Franklin County Schools now have a new way to report an issue regarding another student and remain anonymous. And they can do it on their cell phones.

Recently the school system made available to students and parents a new app called Anonymous Alerts.

Scott Andrews is the Safety & Security Officer for the Franklin County Charter System.

Andrews said the App offers a list of topics for the student to choose from via a dropdown so a student can choose from topics such as abuse, assault, bullying, dating violence, drugs, gun on campus, etc.

From there, the student chooses at which school the incident is occurring and is able to also text the exact situation.

Andrews said once the report is submitted, all teachers and staff at the school will be alerted via the app. But the student filing the report on the app will still remain anonymous.

There is also a message center where the student can send and receive texts from the school resource officer, counselor, or teacher and chat with them about the exact situation.

On the admin side, teachers and administrative staff can keep a record of problem issues in the school and who causes those issues.

Andrews said parents can also keep track of incidents on the app. He added a letter in both English and Spanish has been sent to parents telling them of the app and how to use it.

Additionally, he said posters have been put up in hallways at every Franklin County School with a QR code students can scan to download the app, which is free.