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Anonymous Alerts ®
app offers easy, secure
reporting method
Garland ISD recently introduced its partnership with
Anonymous Alerts®, a digital tool students, staff and
community members can use to report urgent student
concerns to school officials. Although the district
has a hotline and an online form available for reporting,
this new digital resource allows users to easily submit
concerns—including screenshots, photos and videos—via
a smartphone, tablet or desktop computer.
“This app provides us with a platform that allows us to
communicate with the reporter but still not know who that
person is,” said GISD Security Coordinator Kiel Pankonien.
“Kids can be afraid that somebody is going to think of them
badly for saying something.”
The Anonymous Alerts® app was loaded on to every
district-issued iPad and Chromebook, giving staff, as well
as all middle and high schoolers, direct access to report
anything from bullying to vandalism anonymously. Students,
parents and community members are also encouraged
to download the free resource on their personal
smartphones. To expand the tool’s reach and effectiveness,
Anonymous Alerts® worked with the district’s Translation
Department to create a Spanish version of the app. A
Vietnamese version is also in the works. Reports are
monitored by GISD Security 24 hours a day, seven days a
week.
Download the app today by searching Anonymous Alerts
in the Apple App Store or Google Play. Enter the activation
code garlandisd when you open the app.
One goal. One focus.
What is the impact of more than 8,000
employees uniting to achieve one common
goal? Profound. In Garland ISD, the district
is collaboratively focused on ensuring all
students graduate prepared for college,
careers and life. The GISD Board of
Trustees adopted this shared objective in
2018, which also includes performance
targets for areas such as early literacy,
English language acquisition, scientific
understanding, mathematical proficiency,
post-secondary readiness and student
management. To view all of the targets,
please visit bit.ly/gisdgoal and join us as
#goaldiggers for student success.
november 2018