Mass. School District Implements Violence-Prevention Program

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[pabianice]

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Subject: Mass. School District Implements Violence-Prevention Program

If you live in Northampton/Amherst area and have young kids in school, you may want to check up on this!

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Educators in elementary schools in Northampton, Mass., will be teaching > students how to curb violence as part of the Second Step > violence-prevention program, the Daily Hampshire Gazette reported Aug. 20. >

Through puppets, videos, cards, and other materials, students will learn > how to manage their own emotions, as well as understand other people's > feelings. >

"When kids feel safe, liked, and cared for, it creates an environment > where they want to learn," said Woody Clift, project director for the > local Safe Schools, Healthy Students program. >

Second Step will be implemented this year in the Gateway school district.

In the fall, training for teachers in the Amherst school district will > begin. >

The U.S. Departments of Education, Justice, and Health and Human Services > established the grant program following the shootings at Columbine High > School in Littleton, Colo. >

In 2001, the Northampton, Amherst, Easthampton, Gateway and Ware school > districts received a $3-million federal grant to begin launching or > expanding the Second Step program.

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[pabianice]

Local residents may want to let MA and the feds know how you feel about $ 3M of your tax money spent on this useless, feel-good, squishy, leave kids defenseless crap.

[buccaneer81]

Northampton: Lesbian heaven.

[SpinyNorman]

Nice town filled with stupid liberals. I hope it is their own tax money they are spending for this liberal rubbish.

[Orangedog]

Sounds like more of the same crap that either accomplishes nothing or makes things even worse. Like punishing kids who defend themselves from the school bully.

[buccaneer81]

I dated a girl attending Smith College.That was an eye opener.

[nygoose]

Tell us more!

[buccaneer81]

Well, the co-ed bathrooms were a surprise.

[MissAmericanPie]

Here if someone attacks your student, he is not allowed to fight back or defend himself. No matter who attacked who, both get the same punishment and both can recieve a $250.00 fine issued by the police.

[theDentist]

Hug your bully!

[ConservativeMan55]

I read the title and thought that it said they were "implementing violence"

[BobinIL]

I wonder if the countries in the middle east are adopting any of these programs? "Sarcasm off"

[Traffic_Can]

THAT'S THE UN-INTENDED CONSQUENCES.

[ConservativeMan55]

LOL!