Other Schools In The County Hold On To Anti-Drug Program

St. Jude School Principal Judy Cole remembers her disappointment when the South Bend Police Department discontinued its anti-drug program for fifth-graders after the 2002-03 school year.

The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, otherwise known as DARE, became a casualty of shifting priorities within the police department.

Cole and others say the absence of DARE has left a noticeable void at both public and private schools in South Bend.

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