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Volume 22 April 2018 Edition Glue Board, part of the Soter Technologie’s Digital Fly™ suite of school safety products, gives the power of anony- mous bullying and threat reporting to students, parents, teachers and school administrators. ents via the ‘Push Soter Alert’ (PSA) feature which allows important safety and security notifications to be quickly given to all Glue Board subscribers, including students, parents, teachers, administrators, members of law en- forcement and others. “Students across the nation are facing unprecedented These subscribers are given an easy-to-use, real-time combination of threats,” explained Peterson. mobile reporting and communication tool which can “As a former bullying victim, I know what it is like to be send emergency alerts to school administrators, to add scared at school. No student should ever be in fear at an additional layer of protection before and during in- school.” cidents. “All too often we are seeing students who are victims of bullying turn to violence and suicide. This must be stopped.” Derek Peterson, CEO of Soter Technologies and former victim of bullying “To do our part we have decided to act now to get technology into schools that will help prevent bullying and reduce threats.” “With stopping bullying and enhancing school safety being urgent imperatives that are core to our mission, we are offer- ing the Soter UP50 Incentive Program that empowers ‘Upstanders’ in all 50 states to help conquer bullying.” “The first 10 school districts in all 50 states that sign up under the UP50 Program will receive Glue Board li- cense-free* for the first year.” “We are doing this today because we know with tight budgets, red tape and other hur- dles, it may take months or years to get life- saving technology into schools.” Situational awareness and rapid emer- gency response are critical for saving lives. School officials can use the Glue Board tool to communicate with students and par- 45