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STUDENTS
STUDENTS
Physical Education & Physical Activity Engagement Community COORDINATING POLICY, PROCESS, AND PRACTICE Environment & Counseling, Social Services & FAMILIES Social & Emotional Climate Engagement Family Involvement COORDINATING POLICY, PROCESS, AND PRACTICE Environment & Counseling, Social & FAMILIES
Physical Education
Physical Education
& Physical Activity
& Physical Activity
Nutrition
Social & Emotional Climate
Nutrition
Community
Involvement
Services
Services
Family
Psychological
Psychological
Services
EMPLOYEES
HEALTHY SAFE
HEALTHY SAFE
CHALLENGED SUPPORTED ENGAGED
CHALLENGED SUPPORTED ENGAGED
Physical
Environment
Employee IMPROVING LEARNING AND HEALTH Health Social & Emotional Climate EMPLOYEES Environment Physical Employee IMPROVING LEARNING AND HEALTH Health Social & Emotional Climate
Wellness Education Wellness Education
Health Health
Services Services
COMMUNITY COMMUNITY
In addition to the substance abuse awareness instructional practices provided in the 3-hour program, students
are engaged in a combination of whole group, small group, and individual activities and discussions involving
reflection, decision-making, time, money and stress management through a variety of strategies - all designed
to support and strengthen their social and emotional development. The program concludes with students
having one-on-one communication with the classroom facilitator using motivational interviewing and the Exit
Ticket Strategy, which is required for students to complete and return to their school-based administration for
follow-up monitoring and for facilitator use to provide referral information, as needed, regarding the District’s
Behavioral Health Cooperative Agreement.
Alternative to Suspension for Alcohol, Tobacco, and other Drugs (ATOD)
The Alternative-to-Suspension program, ATOD (Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drugs), provides two options for
middle and high school students suspended for alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs in lieu of the traditional out-
of-school suspension process. By attending the program 3-hour classroom’s drug education course, students
suspended for alcohol and other drugs may receive a waiver of up to five days of the mandatory 10-day
suspension, with five days held in abeyance. Likewise, students suspended for tobacco may receive a waiver
of up to three days of the mandatory 5-day suspension, with two days held aside.

Over the four-year period since the program began, more than 50-plus schools throughout the District-
including traditional, magnet, charter, and alternative have referred students to the program each year;
impacting nearly 3,000 students who have taken and completed the program, saving more than 10,000
out-of-school suspension days. The program’s educational component is also extended to include students
involved in or referred by the District’s Youth Diversion (Youth Court) program for substance abuse offenders.

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