SANTA ANA : District to Expand DARE Program
The Santa Ana Unified School District will expand its Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to reach high school students with a new DARE officer paid for by the city.
A retired police officer will be added at a cost of $25,000 a year, bringing the number of DARE officers in the district to six.
District spokeswoman Diane Thomas said the enhanced program will reinforce decision-making skills that many high school students learned in the DARE program in lower grades, as well as reach new students who missed the program.
High school students throughout the district will take the 10-week course beginning this spring. The council approved the expansion at its meeting last week.
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