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STOPit                         Click on the picture to make a report.

STOPit is a confidential website, e-mail, phone and texting avenue for students, teachers, staff, parents and community members to be able to confidentially report unsafe behaviors, suspicious activities, bullying, acts of violence, harassment, and a host of other potential disruptors to school safety. Users may report concerns 24-7-365 via this website.  Photos and video clips pertaining to the STOPit report may be included. No special app required!

STOPit is monitored in REAL TIME by REAL PEOPLE. Reportable information will be forwarded in a timely manner to a pre-designated school official for review.

What to Report:

You are never required to reveal your identity. The idea is to facilitate information sharing between the community, school administrators and local authorities to ensure the safety of our children and faculty. Anyone in the community is encouraged to report online when a student’s safety is in question.

What STOPit is NOT:

STOPit is not a substitute to reporting an emergency. Any emergency should still be reported directly to local police, sheriff, EMS, or fire officials for immediate action and response. If you or anyone else is in danger, call 911!


Who may submit a STOPit Report:

Any district/college STOPit member student, teacher, faculty, parent of student, or local community member may access the reporting portal to report a concern.


Make a report HERE

Abuse

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Wear BLUE in April to show your support for preventing child abuse and promoting awareness. For more information, click HERE.

 

How is Child Abuse Defined? (Taken from Texas Family Code)

SUBTITLE E. PROTECTION OF THE CHILD

CHAPTER 261. INVESTIGATION OF REPORT OF CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT

Sec. 261.001.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:

(1)  "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions by a person:

(A)  mental or emotional injury to a child that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning;

(B)  causing or permitting the child to be in a situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury that results in an observable and material impairment in the child's growth, development, or psychological functioning;

(C)  physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at variance with the history or explanation given and excluding an accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child to a substantial risk of harm;

(D)  failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury that results in substantial harm to the child;

(E)  sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental, emotional, or physical welfare, including conduct that constitutes the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or children under Section 21.02, Penal Code, indecency with a child under Section 21.11, Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, Penal Code;

(F)  failure to make a reasonable effort to prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child;

(G)  compelling or encouraging the child to engage in sexual conduct as defined by Section 43.01, Penal Code;

(H)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging in, or allowing the photographing, filming, or depicting of the child if the person knew or should have known that the resulting photograph, film, or depiction of the child is obscene as defined by Section 43.21, Penal Code, or pornographic;

(I)  the current use by a person of a controlled substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a manner or to the extent that the use results in physical, mental, or emotional injury to a child;

(J)  causing, expressly permitting, or encouraging a child to use a controlled substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; or

(K)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging in, or allowing a sexual performance by a child as defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code.

  

The Texas Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS) has a central place to report

               Source: Department of Family and Protective Services


Resources for Parents


Report Abuse

https://www.txabusehotline.org/Login/Default.aspx 

1-800-252-5400

abuse.pdf

Bullying / Cyberbullying


Definition: Bullying occurs when a student or group of students engages in written or verbal expression through electronic means, or physical conduct that occurs on school property, at a school-sponsored or school-related activity, or in a vehicle operated by the district that:

This conduct is considered bullying if it:

Reporting Procedures: 

Resources Links:

David's Law

Davids Law Overview.pdf
Davids Law Bullying.pdf

Dating Violence Awareness


In recent years, more and more researchers, health practitioners, and youth service providers have become aware of the problem of teen dating and sexual violence. Teen dating violence is shockingly common. In 2006, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reported that nationally one in 11 adolescents has experienced physical abuse. CDC also cited a 2001 report in the Journal of the American Medical Association stating that one in five high school girls have been sexually abused by a dating partner. Many youth also experience emotional abuse, harassment, and stalking in dating relationships.


Definition: Teen dating violence is a pattern of behavior where one person uses threats of or actual physical, sexual, and/or emotional abuse to control his or her partner. This form of violence can include verbal abuse, written materials, use of weapons, the destruction of property, stalking, and other forms of intimidation.
Resources Links: 


National Dating Abuse Hotline 1-866-331-9474 


Homeless and Youth Assistance

Homeless Assistance English.pdf

English Version

Homeless Assistance Spanish.pdf

Spanish Version

Substance Abuse


Parents are often concerned about whether their children will start or are already using drugs such as tobacco, marijuana, and others, like prescription drugs. Learn the scientific facts about drugs and drug abuse and what you can do to prevent your children from starting to take drugs or progressing further into drug abuse.  

Source: National Institute on Drug Abuse. drugabuse.gov 

Resource Links

Substance Abuse.pdf
Suicide prevention shs.pptx

Local Resources for Families