HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 039-08
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A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING BAKERSFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL'S APPLICATION FOR A SCHOOL COMMUNITY
VIOLENCE PREVENTION GRANT TO COMBAT GANG
INFLUENCE IN AND AROUND BAKERFSFIELD HIGH
SCHOOL.
WHEREAS, over the past years, expulsions for drug use and violence has
increased among Bakersfield High School students; and
WHEREAS, gangs are a major contributor to violence and drug use in schools;
and
WHEREAS, gangs are causing an alarming trend of gang violence and safety
concerns immediately surrounding the Bakersfield High School (BHS) campus; and
WHEREAS, BHS pulls high school students from a wide range of diverse
communities, some with extremely high gang membership; and
WHEREAS, BHS currently has an effective School Community Violence
Prevention Program (SCVP); and
WHEREAS, BHS has applied to the California Department of Education for a
School Community Violence Prevention Grant to assist the SCVP and BHS deal with
the gang problem; and
WHEREAS, this grant would provide money to help BHS and its SCVP to work
with a variety of agencies to reduce gang membership, decrease gang violence, prevent
drug use, decrease truancy and improve the overall climate in both the school and the
community; and
WHEREAS, this grant would assist students with the above stated goals in a
myriad of ways, including but not limited to identifying at risk students, vocational
training and mentoring, drug prevention educational programs, and job location; and
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WHEREAS, the Safe Neighborhoods and Community Relations Committee
supports the grant application and recommends that the City Council voice its support
for the grant.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD AS FOLLOWS:
1 . The above recitals are true and correct;
2. The City of Bakersfield supports the School Community Violence
Prevention Grant application by BHS to the California Department of
Education.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed and adopted by
the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular meeting thereof held on
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by the following vote:
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NOES:
ABSTAIN:
ABSENT:
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PAMELA A. McCARTHY, C
CITY CLERK and Ex Offic 0 Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield
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APPROVED:
By
APPROVED as to form:
VIRGINIA GENNARO
City Attorney
By:
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'MICHAEL R ARDS
Deputy City Attorney
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