BUCYRUS – The Bucyrus City School District, thanks to the support of the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office, has been able to provide the Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) program to Bucyrus sixth grade students.
The program was revitalized in 2014 when Crawford County Sheriff Scott Kent approached Bucyrus Superintendent Kevin Kimmel with the idea of expanding the Sheriff’s Office’s DARE program into the city school district.
“When we lost our DARE program, we lost a vital piece of the overall educational experience for Bucyrus students,” said Kimmel. “When Sheriff Kent approached me about reintroducing the program at no cost to the school district, I jumped at the chance and found a way to make it happen.”
Crawford County Sheriff Deputy Christopher Martin has been teaching the DARE curriculum to the Bucyrus students the past three years, and building administrators have immediately seen a difference.
“We have noticed a significant decrease in our overall discipline issues,” said Secondary School Associate Principal Jay Dennison. “I strongly believe that this is a direct result of having Deputy Martin in our building teaching the DARE curriculum.”
With such great success, the Bucyrus City School District and the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office have every intention of continuing the strong community partnership to help the young people of the Bucyrus community.
“We want to keep the DARE program in our sixth-grade curriculum,” said Kimmel. “We have had so much success, that we’ve been trying to find new ways to fund the program to introduce it to our students at a much younger age.”
Thanks to the efforts of City of Bucyrus Police Chief David Koepke and the City of Bucyrus administration, that idea could become a reality. The City of Bucyrus has applied for, and been named a finalist in, the $25,000 grant program through the State Farm Neighborhood Assist initiative.
“We are encouraging all of our families, friends, and employees to vote for the Bucyrus Police Department in this grant program,” said Kimmel. “If the City of Bucyrus is able to win this grant, it would provide the necessary funding to bring the Police Department’s DARE program to the Bucyrus Elementary School and continue our partnership at the sixth grade with the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office.”
To support The Bucyrus Police Department’s DARE initiative and vote, go to https://www.neighborhoodassist.com/entry/1996570 to show your support for The Bucyrus Police Department DARE submission. The voting phase is open from August 16 through August 25 and anyone with a valid email address is eligible to vote up to 10 times per day.
Please visit http://www.crawfordcountysheriffohio.com/dare.htm for more information about the Crawford County Sheriff’s Office DARE program. Additional details about the City of Bucyrus Police Department’s entry in the State Farm Neighborhood Assist initiative can be found on the department’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/BucyrusOhioPolice/.
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