PSJA to receive funds for gang prevention and education...A step in the right direction

According to the local ABC affiliate Channel 5, the Tri-City area is about to get a big boost in helping to educate the public on gang and substance abuse prevention. The report states that PSJA has received $33,333.00 from the Juvenile Accountability Block Grant. The breakdown of the funds for the PSJA area, according to the report, is as follows. The funds for the city of Alamo are to provide a police officer who will administer gang substance abuse prevention. The funds for the city of San Juan are to provide for a special investigator to investigate crimes occuring in schools. The funds for the city of Pharr are to provide for a law enforcement officer who will educate students, parents, and school administrators in gang prevention and awareness. For more on the report go to http://www.newschannel5.tv/ Being from the area, and living here for most of my life, I am all to familiar with the violence in our schools. I hope for the sake of current and future students in the PSJA School District, they put this money to good use.