DISTRICT APPLIES FOR GRANT; FUNDS WOULD GO TO SCHOOL SAFETY.Byline: John Sanders John Sanders is the name of
Westside Adj. 1. westside - of the western part of a city; "he lives in upper westside Manhattan" west - situated in or facing or moving toward the west Union School District has applied for a state grant that would let it expand training for peer counselors, train teachers to run anger-management programs and host school safety assemblies. The district applied for a School Safety and Violence Prevention Act grant that would implement programs or expand existing programs on conflict and anger management as well as learning skills to prevent campus violence. ``I think anything we can do to make our campuses safe, we certainly have to take a look at,'' Westside Union School District assistant Superintendent Assistant Superintendent, or Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), was a rank used by police forces in the British Empire. It was usually the lowest rank that could be held by a European officer, most of whom joined the police at this rank. Regina Regina (rĭjī`nə), city (1991 pop. 179,178), provincial capital, S Sask., Canada, on Wascana Creek. The city is the distribution and service center for one of the world's largest wheat-growing areas. Rossall said. ``I think this is really a positive program.'' The grant is a noncompetitive, or entitlement An individual's right to receive a value or benefit provided by law. Commonly recognized entitlements are benefits, such as those provided by Social Security or Workers' Compensation. , grant for grades eight through 12, which means that money is set aside for districts; all they have to do is apply. The Westside district is applying for a grant worth $30,000. According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Rossall, the money would fund programs already in existence at Westside. Westside schools' peer helping groups - in which youngsters give advice to other youngsters - would get more training. The grant would fund training for teachers on how to put together an anger-management program for the schools. The grant would also pay for more school assemblies about safety, such as bringing in sheriff's deputies to talk to kids about how to handle potentially dangerous situations, such as if a fellow classmate brought a gun to school. ``This will help us enrich programs we already have,'' Rossall said. ``It's not a significant amount of money, but it will help with some of the things we already have in place.'' Rossall said that it will probably take about two months before the district is notified of any funding. |
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