News: Loudoun County Sheriff's Office Expands D.A.R.E. Program into County Middle Schools

(Aug. 27, 2012) - The Loudoun County Sheriff'€™s Office will expand the Drug Abuse and Resistance Education (D.A.R.E.) Program into Loudoun County Middle Schools during the 2012-2013 school year.

The six-week program, consisting of ten lessons will be provided to all 6th graders in the spring during health and PE classes. A follow-up instructional class will also be taught to all 8th graders. The expansion of the program comes at no extra cost as the classes will be taught by current members of the Loudoun County Sheriff’s Office School Resource Officer Unit who are assigned to county middle schools. Previously, the program was offered only to all 5th graders at county elementary schools.