Chandler’s D.A.R.E. Program May Get New Life

Published June 2, 2010

D.A.R.E program reaches milestone
Twenty years ago Edwardsville’s Chief of Police Ben Dickmann had just finished monitoring an Illinois State Police drug and alcohol pilot program that they had completed at N.O. Nelson School.

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K-8 Center recognized for year round drug prevention
Kindergarteners dressed in red proudly marched down the sidewalk at South Miami K- 8 Center on Tuesday, May 25th, to join in celebrating the school’s most recent accolade: Red Ribbon Certification. South Miami K-8 Center is one of only four schools in Miami-Dade County selected for this distinguished honor. Red Ribbon Certified Schools, a program of Informed Families and the National Family …

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Chandler’s D.A.R.E. program may get new life
Several Chandler council members are trying to save the drug-prevention program from being cut.