Fulton Schools Awarded Money To Combat Teen Drinking and Driving

Fulton County Schools’ Office of Student Discipline has received a $45,000 Students Against Destructive Decisions grant from the Georgia Governor’s Office of Highway Safety.

SADD chapters are designed to address drinking and driving among teens in Fulton County high schools during the 2014-15 school year and implement the following activities:

• Establish or maintain a SADD chapter;
• Complete a minimum of two safety belt checks;
• Host ghost-out, crash car event or safe prom and Graduation activities;
• Provide leadership training to SADD chapter members; and
• Support drug prevention activities

Car crashes remain the number one cause of death for teens and drivers ages 15 to 19 have a higher rate of crashes, injuries and fatalities than adult and elderly drivers.

In 2012, there were an estimated 156 crash deaths of drivers ages 15 to 20. That represents 13 percent of all traffic fatalities in Georgia and an overall decrease from 17 percent in 2007.

This grant will enhance SADD chapters in Fulton County schools “with the idea that student input into the solution will help alleviate the problem of teen driver fatalities in Georgia,” the school system said in a press release.

The following schools have been awarded a $2,000 SADD grant: Alpharetta High School, Banneker High School, Centennial High School, Chattahoochee High School, Creekside High School, Independence High School, Langston Hughes High School, McClarin High School, North Springs Charter High School, Northview High School, Roswell High School, Tri-Cities High School and Westlake High School. 

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