HomeMy WebLinkAboutLaurel City-School Task Force on Drugs & Alcohol Minutes 09.20.2000Laurel City-School Task force
on Drugs and Alcohol
Minutes
September 20, 2000
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Persons attending: Bud Johnson, Marvin Carter, Carolyn Boyd
Reports -
Laurel Juvenile Justice Coalition - No Task Force member was present at
their last meeting.
YMCA - Carolyn had fliers of present Y activities being offered in Laurel.
Marvin Carter will contact Donna Kilpatrick from the Juvenile Justice
Coalition to ask if some of the money available to the Coalition could be
used for scholarships to Y activities. Carolyn will contact Donna Hirt,
Director of Activities in Laurel to determine how the Task Force could be of
help to the Y.
Billings Drug and Alcohol Task Force - Judge Kerr has been notified of the
subcommittee working on the Insight program and Task Force members
will be kept advised of activities.
Chemical dependency evaluation and treatment by the Mental Health
Center in Laurel - Letters of support for providing services in Laurel have
been submitted to Dot Reichert as well as a letter from the School District
offering space for services. Dave Ward has been following this issue and
will keep us updated.
Interdisciplinary Team - Supt. McMilin is continuing- to work on this
program.
Student survey - Carolyn Boyd reported on her conversation with
Professor Joe Floyd about the possibility of having him or one of his
classes help design and analyze' a survey' that would be distributed to high
school and middle school students. There is a fee for these services. He
will be invited to attend a Task Force meeting to further discuss his
possible role.
Soliciting input from students who are involved with Dave Ward and Judge
Kerr was suggested as an alternative or addition to a school based
survey.
News articles - Carolyn has contacted Mr. Michunovich who will suggest
to Mr. Butler, Project Excell Director, and the School to Work program the
possibility of having a student write news articles about drug and alcohol
related issues for local news outlets.
School Resource Officer - This issue will be discussed at the upcoming
joint School Board-City Council meeting. The need for community
education about the role of an SRO and a detailed listing of
responsibilities of both the School District and City were discussed as
necessary before a position is established.
The possibility of inviting student representatives from RAD and STAND to
a Task Force meeting was discussed.
Carolyn Boyd
copies to Henman, Olson, Johnson, Carter, McMilin, Rodgers