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Minnetonka Middle School East partners with Tonka Cares and Change the Outcome to educate eighth graders on opioids and vaping
Summary
Minnetonka Middle School East presented a prevention program for all eighth graders in partnership with Tonka Cares and the nonprofit Change the Outcome. Staff described the program—s focus (pathways to misuse, fentanyl-laced counterfeit press pills, and where to get help) and reported positive pre/post survey results.
Pete Dimmit, principal of Minnetonka Middle School East, briefed the board on an opioid and vaping education effort the school conducted for all eighth graders.
Dimmit said the school partnered with Tonka Cares and a nonprofit called Change the Outcome to present personal accounts and education to students. Presenters included parents who had lost children to overdose and young adults who had struggled with opioid addiction; their talks covered common pathways from experimentation to…
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