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DARE Program Canceled

AIR DATE: September 6, 2012

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Valley school kids will no longer be attending DARE classes this year. Thanks to budget cuts, Metro suspended the Drug Abuse Resistance Education program to send those officers back on patrol. But, district officials are now working to format their own version of the program in an attempt to educate kids about the dangers of drugs.

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"...look forward to the tax savings." No tax savings, just money spent somewhere else... but not really somewhere else either, since CCSDPD will be doing the same basic program. So, money exactly the same and just a different color uniform in the classroom.

Pete Flapperton –Sep 7, 2012 12:34:49 PM

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One time I pee'd in that guys gas tank!

Adam Sandler –Sep 7, 2012 12:29:13 PM

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Once again, when money runs short, education suffers. Different circumstances, but ALWAYS the same result: less for our children and their future.

Jim in Henderson –Sep 6, 2012 09:21:46 AM

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This program was indoctrination, not education. It's uselessness was proven in numerous studies a decade ago.

Ed Uehling –Sep 6, 2012 10:49:25 AM

Couldn't the DARE program be run with the help of volunteers? Does it have to be a taxpayer paid program?

Gina Williams –Sep 6, 2012 09:15:06 AM

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Every study I'm aware of shows hands down that in the end, there is absolutely no difference between students on DARE and those not exposed to it. So, even though some folks might intuit that it clearly must be a useful thing to to, it simply is *not*. I say good riddance to a useless "feel good" program, and look forward to the tax savings.

Tom Hurst –Sep 5, 2012 13:54:19 PM

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