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Cobb County Safety Village reports programs, partnerships and ARPA‑funded improvements
Summary
Allison Carter, director of the Cobb County Safety Village, told the board on Feb. 25 that the village provides hands‑on safety education to kindergarten, second‑ and fourth‑grade students and that the program reaches roughly 20,000 students annually.
Allison Carter, director of the Cobb County Safety Village, told the board on Feb. 25 that the village provides hands‑on safety education to kindergarten, second‑ and fourth‑grade students and that the program reaches roughly 20,000 students annually.
The county’s Safety Village opened in February 2009 and serves school districts, private schools and home‑school groups across Cobb County. "I have the best job in the county," Carter said, and described a range of educational programs — from a puppet‑based fire safety lesson and dog‑bite prevention for second graders to car‑seat installation clinics run by Safe Kids Cobb County.
Why it matters: Safety Village programs are part of the county’s prevention and public‑safety efforts. Carter told the commissioners the village has educated "just over 375,000 students" since opening and that it operates several community…
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