FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AUGUST 3, 2000
The U.S. Department of Education (DOE) recently announced that the Madison School District has received a $546,600 federal grant to recruit, hire and train middle school drug prevention and school safety coordinators.
Madison is one of five Wisconsin school districts and 113 in the nation to receive the grants which will be used for school-based coordinators.
According to the DOE, research indicates that well-trained, full-time school safety and drug prevention coordinators can help reduce drug use, discipline problems and violent incidents. The program requires that coordinators work full-time on these programs.
The grant includes funding for the first two years of a three-year grant period.
For more information, contact Joan Lerman (267-1691) after August 14.
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Last Modified: 2000-08-03
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