As we head into 2023 here are some thoughts-
There is a trend right now in American schools where administrators are buying and installing extremely expensive alarm systems in an attempt to curtail active school violence events. That is merely a reaction to a festering issue that should be addressed first, bullying. Administrators should be proactive so that acts of violence can be reduced or even stopped before tragedies occur on campus. Being proactive is the best way to stop the violence from within. Alarms systems have merit when outsiders enter a campus however the majority of school violence comes from bullied students on campus that did not get the help they needed.
Bullied students become chronically absent students that cost schools millions of dollars. High school dropout rates most frequently occur after the school Holiday break with “classroom boredom” ranked as the number one reason followed closely by number two “being bullied” as the primary causes for leaving school before graduating. A different study showed that 2 out of 10 high school students are bullied to such a degree that they won’t raise their hands to answer questions in class due to bullying and ridicule, this obviously impacts the students ability to learn and perform and even feel safe in the classroom.
No student wants to be labeled a “tattle tale” and so most victims of bullying stay silent and try to “tough it out” on their own. When students finally reach out for help the physical or psychological damage can be immense. Both students and teachers need to have the ability to safely report bullying without the perceived or real personal repercussions at school. BRIM is designed to do exactly those things: BRIM enables students and teachers with the ability to anonymously report bullying online allowing the school to take corrective actions. BRIM also provides schools with a comprehensive tool that is intuitive and user friendly to keep track of bullying incidents reported by students and staff as required by law.
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Reliable. For 18 years.
As school shooting tragedies continue to escalate, we have seen an uptick in inquiries for BRIM Anti-Bullying Software. These inquiries open conversational opportunities with school administrators who share their anti-bullying shopping experiences with us at BRIM which are both encouraging and frightening at the same time. Several of our “competitors” in the space are new companies that have been in business for less than a year. Their products are little more glorified spreadsheets that do not allow for anonymous reporting or the uploading of photo / video evidence of bullying incidents. This inspired us to look back at the top 10 anti-bully software companies from our survey from 5 years ago. In just 5 short years there are only 3 anti-bully companies still in business including BRIM from that top 10 list. It is shocking to discover how many schools have purchased other anti-bullying apps that are now useless. BRIM has been in business for almost 18 years and we continue to make improvements to our app as needs change. We have made many recent upgrades that include additional reporting categories for school campus maintenance issues, suicidal ideation and anonymous suggestions on school campus safety.
It does not matter how large your school district is or how small your one school may be BRIM is very affordable and our training and support is world class. We answer calls 7 days a week and emails are returned the same day and usually within 30 minutes. If you are considering an anti-bully reporting solution for your students BRIM’s anonymous reporting app is the best product available at any price. And most of all, BRIM is RELIABLE.
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Wanna Bet?
Anyone that knows me well knows that I only bet on a sure thing. Not terribly long ago I was speaking with a high school Principal with an enrollment of just over 800. She assured me in every phone call and email that her school was virtually bully free and that student harassment was not an issue on her campus. I asked how many bullying incidents were being reported each month and she laughed and said they had fewer than 10 reports the entire school year.
Finally, after several weeks, I was able to convince the Principal to move forward and they became BRIM Anti-Bullying members. To get the Principal to move forward I said I would bet her that there are at least twice as many incidents than she had reports and that without an anonymous reporting system her administration was not being notified of all of the actual incidents.
In their first month of BRIM membership, there were 19 reports of bullying. Almost twice as many as she thought happened the entire previous school year. Too many decision makers in our schools are out of touch with what is really happening on campus.
BRIM Anti-Bullying Software is very affordable and by far the best anonymous reporting tool available at any price. I encourage anyone interested in school safety to visit our web site or call us at 1-800-524-7395. Here’s my next bet and it goes out to all of you parents….. Schedule a meeting with your student’s principal and demand they show you their anonymous anti-bullying reporting abilities…. I bet you will be shocked and dismayed with the results. Any takers?
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No Competition
As school shooting tragedies continue to escalate, we have seen an uptick in inquiries for BRIM Anti-Bullying Software. These inquiries open conversational opportunities with school administrators whom share their anti-bullying shopping experiences with us at BRIM which are both encouraging and frightening at the same time. Several of our “competitors” in the space are new companies that have been in business for less than a year. Their products are little more glorified spreadsheets that do not allow for anonymous reporting or the uploading of photo / video evidence of bullying incidents. This inspired us to look back at the top 10 anti-bully software companies from our survey from 5 years ago. In just 5 short years there are only 3 anti-bully companies still in business including BRIM from that top 10 list. It is shocking to discover how many schools have purchased other anti-bullying apps that are now useless. BRIM has been in business for almost 18 years and we continue to make improvements to our app as needs change. We have made many recent upgrades that include additional reporting categories for school campus maintenance issues, suicidal ideation and anonymous suggestions on school campus safety. It does not matter how large your school district is or how small your one school may be BRIM is very affordable and our training and support is world class. We answer calls 7 days a week and emails are returned same day and usually within 30 minutes. If you are considering an anti-bully reporting solution for your students BRIM’s anonymous reporting app is the best product available at any price.
https://antibullyingsoftware.com/
How can BRIM Anti-Bullying Software help prevent or win lawsuits?
We live in a very litigious society in this day and age, and a very expensive one. The national average charge per hour for an attorney is $275. Good representation can be much more expensive in some areas with charges well over $500 per hour. Protracted lawsuits can take many months and sometimes years to complete all while incurring huge financial and emotional costs. It's always best not to have a lawsuit to begin with...... Unless there’s a "paper trail" showing what action your school has taken in response to a bullying incident, it’s as if your school didn’t take any action at all. BRIM changes this. When you report an incident in BRIM, you can also report exactly what steps your school has taken in response to the incident. This forms a "paper trail" bringing all the relevant pieces of information together in a single case. If a claim is made, having complete information at your fingertips makes it easier to demonstrate that your school did everything that could reasonably be expected of them. Being able to demonstrate that an administration has been proactive in its efforts to address bullying with the implementation of BRIM is a valuable asset and can help protect administrators, teachers, staff and even school board members for less than the price of a daily cup of coffee.
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BRIM Audits High School & Middle School Web Sites
At BRIM Anti-Bullying Software, we recently completed a random audit of one hundred high school and middle school web sites across the country that had links for parents and students either to get information on bullying or to report bullying incidents. The result of our audit is shocking. Almost 30% of the links were broken or non-functional with some directing the inquiry to companies that have gone out of business. Administrators that allow this to happen to should be fired for gross negligence. At BRIM Anti-Bullying Software, we check for administrative activity on our platform to ensure school and student utilization. One school web site had a link that actually launched a virus! How does this happen? Thank goodness for our antivirus that immediately stopped the attack. We called the school to inform them of the issue and we will check back to see if they have resolved the virus challenge. A deeper dive into our audit revealed that nearly 40% of the schools that had links were sending students to a government web site that offered information on aspects of school and cyber bullying but that offered no way to anonymously report bullying incidents! How low of a priority is student safety when a school does not provide a safe way for anonymous student reporting? The BRIM Anti-Bullying app costs less per day than a cup of coffee…. In May 2022, we reached out to school board members in several states where we found the majority of the broken internet links or other web page related issues that pertain to bullying. An astonishingly low number of these board members replied with dignified or legitimate responses. One long term South Carolina school board member did show concern and BRIM will be conducting a demonstration soon for the entire school board of that district. Unfortunately, the others did not show the same level of concern for their students and are satisfied collecting over $1000.00 per month as a board member shirking their duty to student safety. Anonymous reporting is instrumental in reducing bullying incidents and the BRIM application is easy to implement and use while being extremely affordable.
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Students are bullied for a number of reasons, which include but are not limited to race, religion, popularity, intelligence, vulnerability, isolation, physical characteristics, economic circumstances, disabilities and success. Some people argue that changing behaviors and appearances to mitigate bullying is the answer in reducing incidents; however the real answer is identifying, reporting and changing the behavior of the bully. The BRIM Anti-Bullying Software Application is a game changer in safe anonymous reporting. Actions need to have consequences and without reporting, bullying situations tend to get worse; they don’t magically get better without intervention. The good news, BRIM can be implemented daily for less than the cost of a cup of coffee… Although often over looked, successful students get targeted for bullying frequently and even when reported, school administrators tend to dismiss these incidents due to the perception that successful students can’t be bullied… because they are successful which somehow negates the bullying in the minds of these administrators. Nevertheless, it does happen and it happens far more than it is reported. There is a stigma attached to the successful students and it is that those students don’t need help and they are expected to deal with the bullying on their own. This stereotyping by school administrations needs to be addressed and corrected. BRIM tracks all reported incidents and by many various categories which can be sorted and filtered to help identify reoccurring incidents so that administrators can be proactive. Often, the results of whom are being targeted and bullied are surprising to school officials. The BRIM Anti-Bullying Software application is a very important tool for those that are most vulnerable to bullying and physical abuse because it reports instantaneously and anonymously. The BRIM app allows photo and video uploading to support the facts of the incident… the old cliché that a picture is worth a thousand words is never truer than when reporting bullying. That said, BRIM is not a substitute for contacting the police during an emergency situation. Students that tend to be introverted, submissive, anxious or “people pleasers” are often seen as vulnerable and are perceived as weaker than the bully and are targeted by bullies because the bullies do not fear repercussions from these students. Once again, anonymous reporting by other student witnesses who don’t have to fear reprisal from the bully is very valuable and the catalyst for an improved student learning environment and safe campus. Short, tall, thin, large, bespectacled…. physical characteristics can cause bullies to act out and this type of bullying can be especially hurtful because physical characteristics are not easily changed. Economic status whether a student is too poor or too rich also can be a catalyst for bullying along with students learning English as a second language. The BRIM Anti-Bullying software application is offered in Spanish and French in addition to English. Unfortunately, there is almost a seemingly endless list of why bullies target other students however whenever BRIM Anti-Bullying software is implemented there is a sharp reduction of bullying incidents.
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BRIM Anti-Bullying Software has seen an extremely significant increase in the number of bullying incidents reported in December 2021 and in January 2022. At BRIM Anti-Bullying Software, we are also getting increased reports from bullied students directly reaching out to BRIM from schools that are not BRIM clients, which is heartbreaking. Middle and high school students so desperate for help they are searching the Internet to get someone to listen to them…… Not a single school day passes without BRIM staffers calling school administrators on behalf of these students’ plight. Many of the school’s we contact reply with highly questionable responses to the information we are sharing. Shockingly many school administrators are dismissive, uninterested and cannot seem to be bothered with the details BRIM is providing. Frequently BRIM Anti-Bullying Software staffers are relating actual instances of physical assaults on the reporting students to these school administrators and it is falling on deaf ears. Last week BRIM Anti-Bullying Software called nine nonmember schools on behalf of bullied students and in two cases, we reached out for concerned grandparents. Of the nine contacts BRIM made, two schools were entirely dismissive and did not want to take any of our information concerning the bullying that occurred on their campuses. Five schools took very limited information and showed almost no interest in having a conversation about the details of the bullying. And finally, two schools out of the nine we contacted were appropriately interested, asked additional questions and seemed to be concerned. Upon reviewing all nine of these schools, we found that only the last two schools, the schools that were interested, had any sort of bully reporting available for students. One of the two schools were offering a very basic document for the student to download and submit to the schools front office and the second school had a non-functional hyperlink! It is no wonder why these students are desperate that they are literally performing Google searches to find help. BRIM Anti-Bullying Software offers students of member schools anonymous reporting for less than the daily cost of a cup of coffee. It is nearly inconceivable that a school or school district would not be concerned enough to take logical measures to help ensure a safe environment for their students. For those of you reading this and wondering, BRIM did contact the local police departments in the cities where BRIM received bullying reports from students where their schools were not receptive to taking the reports from BRIM staff when the incidents involved physical contact. https://antibullyingsoftware.com/