SAFE SCHOOLS/HEALTHY STUDENTS INITIATIVE SERIES
With the recent wake of violent incidents across America?s schools, issues of school safety have become absolute priorities for many schools and communities.

The Pinellas County school district is the seventh largest school district in Florida and the twenty-first largest in the nation. In 1999, the Pinellas County school district was awarded a federal grant award intended to strengthen community partnerships and improve prevention and intervention efforts within schools and their communities. Included within this initiative were a number of school-based activities to promote positive development, reduce violence and substance abuse, and create an environment where teachers can teach and children can learn.

The Safe Schools series chronicles the grant program and its results.