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School district teams up with youth outreach

School district teams up with youth outreach

Zach White

At Tuesday's school board meeting, the district became the latest local organization to work with the Youth Reporting Center.

The YRC is a group that started working in January with the county's juvenile probation office to help prevent local youths, ages 12 to 17, from serving time in a detention center.

According to the program's director, Amanda Christofferson, the idea is that it is better for those referred to keep them around their established local support than behind bars.

"It's all about keeping them in the community with fami...

 

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