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Students Rewarded for Tattling at School
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| Contributor | Brandonius Maximus |
| Last Edited | Brandonius Maximus Apr 26, 2005 01:32pm |
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| Category | News |
| Media | Website - Yahoo News: Iran |
| News Date | Tuesday, April 26, 2005 07:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | ATLANTA - For a growing number of students, the easiest way to make a couple of hundred dollars has nothing to do with chores or after-school jobs, and everything to do with informing on classmates.
Tragedies like last month's deadly shooting at a Red Lake, Minn., school have prompted more schools to offer cash and other prizes — including pizza and premium parking spots — to students who report classmates who carry guns, drugs or alcohol, commit vandalism or otherwise break school rules.
"For kids of that age, it's hard for them to tell on their peers. This gives them an opportunity to step up if they know something that will help us make an arrest," said James Kinchen, an assistant school superintendent in Houston County, Ga., which earlier this month started offering rewards of up to $100 for reporting relatively minor crimes like vandalism or theft and $500 for information about a crime, or plans for a crime, involving a gun.
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