ROME, Georgia (AP) -- A high school is looking for a few good snitches.

Using revenue from its candy and soda sales, Model High School plans to pay up to $100 for information about thefts and drug or gun possession on campus.

"It's not that we feel there are any problems here," said Principal Glenn White. "It's a proactive move for getting information that will help deter any sort of illegal activity."

Under the new policy, a student would receive $10 for information about a theft on campus, $25 or $50 for information about drug possession, and $100 for information about gun possession or other serious felonies.

Informants will not receive the reward if they are involved in the crime, White said.

At nearby Rome High School, there is no similar program because students there have a rapport with officials and are comfortable providing information, said Superintendent Gayland Cooper.

"We feel the reward is the kids knowing they have a safe school," Cooper said.

The idea for the program came from Kell High School in Marietta, an Atlanta suburb. There, student tips earlier this year led to the arrest of a classmate who had brought a handgun to school.

No Model High students have received the reward yet, but some questioned the logic behind it. Jaime Parris, a senior, said that most students already would tell faculty about anything that threatened student safety.

"But if it's not going to hurt other people, I don't think many people are going to tell on their friends," she said.


I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK WOW SCHOOL'S BRIBING KIDS TO TELL ON OTHER KIDS...I SEE HOW IT MAY HELP BY PREVENTING DRUG USE AND SALES IN SCHOOL...BUT DAMN I'VE NEVER HEARD OF THIS HAPPENING...

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DaTruth29 [~*Lady Fiya*~] shake-spear Trooper Nova

i hope one of the little bitch snitches gets shot.

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obviously it isnt going too far because this will help weed out the snitches much earlier so they can get dealt with......theres always been bitch ass tattle talin motherfuckers and there always will be......i hope they all catch a good ass beating or ten and then there will be less snitches in the years to come and the pigs can do their OWN fuckin job

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THIS RIGHT HERE HAS BEEN CERTIFIED FOR YEARS......BONAFIDE

It is going to far, if they are paying the students to snitch out kids. Also because this will start fights and hatred...

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Money is the root of all evil.

Idea isn't going to work, but if I get short on money I know where to go.

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if someone has the balls to take a gun to school..they're gonna have the bulls to kick the shit out of a snitch...i'd pay double to ppl who snitch on the snitches just so i could kick their ass

thats dumb its just gonna make more problems but i guess they think its right i bet people are gonna make up stuff

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