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MLK Community Center outlines prevention work as youth vaping suspensions rise
Summary
The Martin Luther King Community Center described school- and community-based substance-use prevention programs, reported counselors' data showing 359 suspension days at Rock Island High School related to tobacco (174 of those attributed to vaping/tobacco), and outlined outreach that reached hundreds of students and community members.
Representatives from the Martin Luther King Community Center briefed the council on Tuesday about the center's substance-use and teen pregnancy prevention work and local outreach to schools, saying the programs use evidence-based curricula and have substantial reach in the Rock Island schools.
Adriana Blanco, the center's teenage-pregnancy-prevention coordinator, told the council that counselors reported 359 total suspension days at Rock Island High School for incidents that included tobacco use, possession and sale. Presenters also reported that hundreds of students have been reached through school and community presentations in…
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