Safe and Drug Free Schools and Communities
The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Community Project assists schools in providing each student in grades Pre-K-12 with developmentally-based, age-appropriate drug and violence prevention education. Students in grades kindergarten through nine receive a minimum of sixteen hours of drug education and violence prevention; whereas, students in grades ten through twelve receive a minimum of eight hours of instruction in this area. The program fosters the total physical and mental wellness of all students. It also projects a "no-use” message in all prevention activities.
The project also coordinates the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program in conjunction with the Iberia Parish Sheriff’s Department for all sixth graders. The Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Community Project is proud of its implementation of Lions-Quest for Growing/Skills for Adolescence for grades K-8 and supports other character education programs, such as Positive Action and Character Counts, and peer mediation.
Schoolwide Positive Behavior Support is implemented district-wide. This process is coordinated by Title IV which provides professional development and technical assistance.
Each school has established a Student Assistance Team for the purpose of systematically and professionally responding to student problems.
All monies received from this project are spent on professional development, curriculum development, peer leadership training, community mobilization, material resources, and fixed charges.
