Two Valley schools get anti-violence grants

The L.A. Daily News reports:

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."

Great moments in public education.