bullying
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Safe2Tell reports drop in May
Reports to Colorado’s anonymous tip line, Safe2Tell, dropped for the first time in four months in May, the Colorado Attorney General’s Office announced Tuesday. Safe2Tell received 1,839 reports in May, 4% less than the previous month. More than 200 of those reports, or 11%, were related to suicide threats. Bullying, drugs, school complaints and welfare…
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Calls to Colorado’s school safety tip line drop in January
Calls to Safe2Tell, Colorado’s anonymous school safety tip line for students, dropped 35% in January compared to the previous month, according to a report released Tuesday by the Colorado Attorney General’s Office. The program reported 842 fewer tips last month. It received 2,423 tips in December. Of the 1,582 tips received in January, 16% were for…
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Gubernatorial candidates talk mental health, substance abuse at bipartisan forum
DENVER – A stage full of gubernatorial candidates agreed on the importance of addressing issues surrounding mental health and substance abuse, but some differed sharply on their approaches at a bipartisan forum devoted to the topics on Friday in Denver. “This issue is literally a matter of life and death,” said Andrew Romanoff, president of…
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One Colorado report finds progress but more to be done on bullying in schools
Since Colorado lawmakers passed legislation to address bullying in schools in 2011, programs to combat it have grown from 37 percent of the state’s 178 school districts to more than 80 percent, and gay-straight alliances are now in 196 schools and available to 167,964 students. The presence of gay-straight alliances cut bullying numbers in half,…