Óscar A. Contreras is a Murrow-nominated journalist who has been writing for the E.W. Scripps Company since January 2014.
DENVER — Safe2Tell, Colorado’s youth-centered harm prevention and intervention resource, is making a difference in preventing tragedies like the one that happened at Columbine High School 25 years ago from happening again despite seeing a record-number of reports within the past year, according to the Colorado Attorney General.
“Anonymity quickly emerged as a vital component of any school safety program,” the report states. Without anonymity to report a troubled peer, Salazar noted, students would fear being the targets of retaliation. A decade since its inception and now under the purview of the Colorado Attorney General’s Office, Safe2Tell “is a resource that we know is getting used, and we know it's saving lives,” Weiser told Denver7.
While those two rank among the top types of reports made to Safe2Tell each year, data for the current school year shows that so far in 2024, school complaints have been the top category across Colorado schools, “a trend we are seeing nationally as well,” according to Safe2Tell Director Stacey Jenkins.
Safe2Tell’s Ambassador Program, which started in 2021 with only four school districts represented across the state, has doubled in size and now comprises 12 student ambassadors across eight school districts, including schools in Denver, Boulder, the Western Slope and Weld County. The attorney general said that’s the reason why Safe2Tell not only needs students and teachers to say something if they see something — or as Safe2Tell phrases it, “if you see something harmful, say something helpful” — but also school safety experts committed to an environment of safety in schools, as well as trained professionals who know how to respond to different sorts of threats.
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