D.A.R.E.'s new "keepin' it REAL" curriculum called has been modernized to cover issues such as cyberbullying, vaping, internet safety and how to deal with stress. It could also build a better rapport between young people and police.

School leaders have never had a greater opportunity to be superheroes than they do now as they steer the recovery from the pandemic and other turbulent events, Principal S. Kambar Khoshaba says.

Statewide, the poll showed that a significant number of Latino and Black parents — populations that have been disproportionately hit by the pandemic — did not feel their children were safe from COVID-19 at schools.