Tips to WI school safety hotline increased by 30%. Why experts say that's a good thing

Wisconsin’s school safety tip line received nearly seven-thousand tips last school year – mostly from students. Bullying was the most commonly reported issue to the Speak Up, Speak Out tip line, also referred to by its acronym SUSO. But threats of school violence or concerns about self harm are also reported to this line, such as the deadly shooting at Abundant Life Christian School in Madison one year ago.

To learn about how this works and when schools or parents become involved, WUWM education reporter Katherine Kokal is joined by the state’s head of the office of school safety, Trish Kilpin.

A note to our listeners this conversation touches on school violence and mentions suicide.