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D.A.R.E. no more 

Logan elementary schools are bidding farewell to the D.A.R.E. program.

The program, designed to teach kids to resist drugs and violence, will be replaced by N.O.V.A., a program teachers and Logan police officers say does a better job of preparing students to face today’s challenges.

Like the D.A.R.E. program, N.O.V.A. teaches kids to resist drugs, alcohol, cigarettes and violence, but it also deals with a broader range of issues facing today’s kids, said Det. Denny Bird of the Logan City Police Department, who has taught D.A.R.E. to Logan fifth-graders for the past few years.

“It has everything D.A.R.E. does and a ton more,” Bird said.

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