Tampa Schools

Tampa Schools recently became the first to discusscome together and will help eliminate the threat of
the dangers of internet chatting and online predatorsinternet predators to children. The initiative is not limited
with Attorney General McCollum. The Attorneyonly to schools. There have been presentations in
General launched a youth internet awarenesscommunity settings so that information also reaches
campaign that began in Tampa Schools and willparents. One such outreach was held at a Boys and
continue to be broadcast to more teenagers in thegirls Club in Orlando.
months to come. The entire state of Florida will beTampa Schools are also reconfiguring transportation.
presented with CyberSafety Programs in schools toThe Transportation Improvement Plan sprang into
educate students and help prevent them fromaction earlier this year and plans to restructure the
becoming victims of internet abduction. Presentationsmovements of many Tampa Schools' students.
will include sessions that instruct students on how toTargeting families that rely on the bus systems of
identify online predators, and ways they can protectTampa, the improvement plan states a clear goal of
themselves from attempted contact.providing more efficient bus service. A more
The Internet Student Advisory Council is also apredictable schedule of arrivals and departures has
benefactor of the initiative as Tampa Schools continuebeen drawn up and competitive pay has been
to employ technologically fluent teenagers with theintroduced as good worker incentive. The Tampa bus
CyberCrime Law Enforcement Team. The internetsystem transports nearly 93,000 students every day.
safety initiative requires the compliance and assistanceA hectic drive can be dangerous and Tampa Schools'
of Florida school district superintendents. In order toofficials are taking action to organize the chaos of a
widely organize intra school programs, the state hasdisheveled system.