[i82much]

Let me emphasize, I'm for the changes. It provides a much more professional and public way to communicate with students and definitely helps to prevent this type of abuse...in the end it solves the issue for the school system but not the abuse of kids which is much more likely to occur outside our educational system. As an educator for over 30 years I've seen first hand how abuse at home or close to home is reported via a text to a teacher or a coach. For whatever reason kids these days are much more comfortable texting than conversing at school with a counselor or a teacher. These changes are a step in the right direction but just a band-aid on a broken leg in terms of the broader picture of child abuse. I don't have the answer.