The Newport-Mesa Unified School District is considering whether to implement a tip line that would allow students to privately report bullying, fighting, drugs and alcohol on campus, among other things.
The goal of the proposed program is to give students a way to alert district officials about potential dangers.
The text tips wouldn't be anonymous, but they would be confidential, said district spokeswoman Laura Boss.
She announced the program's impending launch to trustees during the Oct. 22 meeting. However, after Trustee Katrina Foley raised concerns about the confidentiality of the program, Supt. Fred Navarro agreed to postpone the launch.
"I'm just raising the red flags that we need to discuss before we move forward," Foley said this week. "It needs to be a process that people can't abuse or use for retaliatory purposes."