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TUSD will present two events this month for America’s Safe Schools Week, Oct. 14-20:

· "Preventing School Violence: Spread the Word," a diversity and violence-prevention seminar sponsored by the Middle School Drug Prevention and Safety Coordinators of area school districts, will be offered at Wakefield Middle School, 101 W. 44^th St., from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the school library.

Four students from each of six TUSD middle schools — Doolen, Mansfeld, Maxwell, Naylor, Townsend and Wakefield — will join student representatives from Sunnyside and Amphitheatre school districts to learn ways to prevent school violence and to formulate a student-led plan to educate their peers at each of their schools.

· On the following day, the Southern Arizona Safe Schools Coalition will present a school safety conference from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at The Gaslight Theatre, 7010 E. Broadway. The conference will provide a forum for participants to discuss and identify new ways to think about school safety, learn to help young people rebound from adversity and address the local impact of safety issues on our children.

TUSD Superintendent Stan Paz is a scheduled speaker, along with Dr. Dennis Embry, national expert on violence prevention; Dr. Ron Stevens, executive director of the National School Safety Center; and Sgt. Robert Holliday of the Tucson Police Department. A panel of local educators and students also will lead discussions and answer questions.

For more information contact:
Tucson Unified School District, 1010 E. 10th Street, Tucson AZ 85719
Telephone: 520-225-6000
E-Mail: webmaster@tusd.k12.az.us

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