DARE Contract (Drug Awareness)
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MEMORANDUM
April 25, 2005
TO:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
FROM:
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
SUBJECT: DARE (Drug Awareness Resistance Education) Contract
Chief of Police Kim Wadding is recommending City Council approval of the DARE
contract between the City of Dubuque, the Dubuque Community Schools and the Holy
Family Catholic Schools for the FY2004/05 school term.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
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MEMORANDUM
Date: April 22, 2005
To: Michael C. Van Milligen
City Manager
From: Kim B. Wadding4 '\
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Re: DARE (Drug Awareness Resistance Education) Contract
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to seek City Council approval of the attached
DARE contract between the City of Dubuque, the Dubuque Community Schools and the
Holy Family Catholic Schools.
BACKGROUND
For the past several years the Dubuque Police Department has provided DARE (Drug
Awareness Resistance Education) to the Dubuque Community Schools and the Holy
Family Catholic Schools. Through the DARE program, the Dubuque Police Department
provides specially trained police officers to teach life skills and resistance techniques to
elementary and junior high students with the intent to better prepare the students to
resist the pressure to use drugs. The instruction consists of a ten (10) week program
taught to elementary students and an eleven (11) week program for junior high.
DISCUSSION
As part of the cooperative arrangement with the Dubuque Community Schools, the Holy
Catholic Family Schools, and the police department, the attached agreement outlines
the elements of the instruction and the financial obligation from the Dubuque
Community Schools for the FY2004/05 school year. Corporation Counsel Barry Lindahl
has reviewed the contract agreement for City Council consideration.
RECOMMENDATION
We recommend approval of the attached agreement between the City of Dubuque, the
Dubuque Community Schools, and the Holy Family Catholic Schools for the FY2004/05
school term.
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ACTION REQUESTED
The action requested is for City Council approval of the attached DARE contract
between the City of Dubuque, the Dubuque Community Schools and the Holy Family
Catholic Family Schools.
Cc: Barry Lindahl, Corporation Attorney
Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager
Jeanne Schneider, City Clerk
AGREEMENT
BETWEEN AND AMONG
THE
CITY OF DUBUQUE,
HOLY FAMILY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
AND
DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
FOR
DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION COOPERATIVE D.A.R.E. PROGRAM
FOR
SCHOOL YEAR 2004-2005
This Agreement, executed in triplicate, this _ day of May, 2005, by and among
the City of Dubuque (City), the Dubuque Community School District (School District)
and the Holy Family Catholic Schools (Holy Family).
Whereas, City, School District and Holy Family have a strong desire and
commitment to continue the implementation of the Drug Abuse Resistance Education
Cooperative Program (D.A.R.E. Program) as a strategy to prevent substance use
among the school children of the Dubuque community.
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED BY AND AMONG THE PARTIES AS
FOllOWS:
1. Purpose. This Agreement defines the role of each party in providing the D.A.R.E.
Program to Audubon, Eisenhower, Fulton, Irving, Marshall, and Table Mound Public
Elementary Schools; and Jefferson Junior High School. The Agreement also includes
D.A.R.E. Program Services to be provided to those schools which are within the
boundaries of the Dubuque Community School District and within the jurisdiction of the
Holy Family Catholic Schools on-site at Holy Ghost, Nativity, Resurrection, St. Anthony,
and St. Joseph the Worker Catholic Elementary Schools.
2. Term. The term of this Agreement is from August 15, 2004 through June 15,2005.
3. City through its Police Department will provide a ten (10) week program entitled
"D.A.R.E." taught by specially trained police officers who will teach life skills and
resistance techniques to elementary school children with the intent to better prepare the
students to resist the pressure to use drugs. The Police Department will also provide
the eleven (11) lesson junior high school program entitled "D.A.R.E. to Resist Drugs and
Violence" to junior high school children with the same intent. The D.A.R.E. curriculums
will be designed to give students learning experiences through audio, visual and
kinesthetic learning modalities, utilizing role playing and role modeling as reinforcement
tools. Additionally, the D.A.R.E. officers will spend informal time with the students
during recess and lunch to build rapport and encourage interaction.
4. The Police Department will provide a graduation program for those students
successfully completing the D.A.R.E. Core Curriculum.
5. The Police Department will provide a Parent Training Program consisting of at least
one hour in which an overview of the D.A.R.E. Program will be given, some parenting
skills will be addressed, some of the common drugs being used in Dubuque will be
identified and gang concerns/prevention will be addressed.
6. The Police Department will provide all program materials and supplies including
workbooks, graduation materials and information packets, with the exception of some
art supplies used for some of the follow-up assignments.
7. City, in cooperation with School District and Holy Family, will provide evaluation of
the program, the results of such evaluation being available to School District, Holy
Family and City.
8. The Police Department will provide feedback to the school staff and School District
and Holy Family will provide feedback to the Police Department.
9. School District and Holy Family will provide the premises and classroom time
required for the proper implementation of the D.A.R.E. Program. Premises will include
the 6th and 8th grade classrooms, other classrooms as agreed upon, the gym as
required and other such premises as needed for student/parent education in regard to
the D.A.R.E. Program. Classroom time (45-60 minutes) will be allotted for each core or
junior high curriculum class in each school. School District and Holy Family will further
allow the Police Department to use the furniture and equipment contained in the areas
defined above and other equipment such as audio visual equipment.
10. School District and Holy Family will provide financial support to City for use in
implementing the D.A.R.E. Program in the amount of Eight Thousand Dollars
($8,000.00) as follows.
A. City shall invoice School District by December 14, 2004.
School District shall pay City by May 13, 2005.
Amount due is $4,000.00.
B. City shall invoice School District by April 21,2005.
School District shall pay City by May 13, 2005 .
Amount due is $4,000.00.
11. Any party may terminate this Agreement for any reason by providing written notice
of intent to terminate this Agreement to the other parties not less than ten (10) days
prior to the beginning date of each semester of the school year.
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
By
City Manager
DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SCHOOL DISTRICT
By
HOLY FAMilY CATHOLIC SCHOOLS
By