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From the Daily News:

Two Valley schools get anti-violence grants

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LA Daily News

Canoga Park High and Columbus Middle School were among 33 schools awarded a total of $16.1 million in state grants to help protect students from violence, officials said Wednesday.
The two Canoga Park campuses will receive nearly $500,000 each, as will Hoover and Crescenta Valley High schools in the Glendale Unified School District, Antelope Valley and Lancaster high schools; and Isbell Middle School in Santa Paula.

"It's prevention," said Ron Martinez, assistant principal at 1,900-student Canoga Park High. "I think when you look at what's going on around the city, it's a lot easier to work with kids and teach them how to be respectful and how to behave than to wait until something happens."

The competitive grants were funded with money appropriated in 2004 by Assembly Bill 825, which consolidated six school safety programs.

"To be able to focus on learning, students need to feel safe at school," state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell said. "These grant funds will help our schools develop violence prevention programs so that students can get the most out of their education."