West Fargo Schools Drop D.A.R.E. Program

The West Fargo Public School District has axed the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program, more famously known as D.A.R.E.

 

 

 

 

WEST FARGO, N.D. - The West Fargo Public School District has axed the Drug Abuse Resistance Education Program, more famously known as D.A.R.E.

The program started in 1983 and has taken some heat over the years for not being as effective as it once was.

Instead, the district this fall will be using a new health education approach they call more encompassing and comprehensive.

It's similar to what Fargo Schools adopted years ago, when it got rid of D.A.R.E.

Under West Fargo's new health course curriculum, students will still have the chance to have one-on-one time and class room time with police officers, which was a major part of the D.A.R.E. Program.

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Bonnie Amistadi

   

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