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NO TEENSCREEN
The following school districts have confirmed that they have ceased using TeenScreen or will not implement it.

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CALIFORNIA
Alhambra Unified School District
Ramona Elementary School

Date: Sunday, Jan 18, 2007
"The TeenScreen program no longer exists at Ramona School."

Fresno Unified School District
February 8, 2007
"We have no interest in or intention to adopt TeenScreen"

Hoover High School
February 8, 2007
A 2 year TeenScreen pilot was done at Hoover High School in the Fresno Unified School District. Result? See above.

San Francisco Unified School District
Date: Monday, Jan 22, 2007
"Passed on TeenScreen because it can
generate false positives and drain counseling resources."

CONNECTICUT
Bridgeport Public Schools
Bassick High School
Harding High School
Date: Monday, July 18, 2005 9:12 AM
"The program was located at Bassick and Harding High Schools. It was not successful and the District discontinued it."

Date: Wed, December 13, 2006 10:53 AM
"TeenScreen was not seen as helpful and no data was ever provided to the community."

FLORIDA
Flagler Palm Coast High School
Screening will halt as of Oct 2006 due to lack of funding.

Hillsborough
Date: Monday, Mar 01, 2004 10:20 AM
"Our district has not yet felt comfortable with the information provided by Teen Screen to implement it anywhere in the district. We are exploring the possiblity of doing a pilot at Gaither High School, but have not had all of questions answered by the organization. They [TeenScreen] continue to say to others that Hills. Co. has "partnered" with them when, in fact, we are still only exploring." Hillsborough decided to not implement screening.

Pinellas County
Date: January 25, 2005, the Pinellas County School Board decided that TeenScreen should not be implemented. In the Tampa Tribune on January 26, 2005, School Board member Jane Gallucci said that she was angry that Laurie Flynn told a U.S. Senate committee on health and education matters 10 months ago that pilot TeenScreen programs were operating in Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. Board Chairwoman Nancy Bostock called the program "an intrusion for our students.'' False labels could embarrass students and cause turmoil at home. "We could seriously do more harm than good," she said.

GEORGIA
Cobb County School District
Date: Sat, June 3, 2006 5:11 PM
"I called TeenScreen on Friday (6/2/06) afternoon and spoke to Mina Fasolo, program director, to remove Cobb Schools from their wait list. We have decided that TeenScreen was and is still not a good fit for Cobb Schools."

ILLINOIS
Urbana High School
Date: Thur, Aug 31, 2006 7:01 PM
"We did use TeenScreen last year, but the person who did it left the District. I have been informed that we will not be doing it again this year."

INDIANA
Clay High School - Southbend Community School System
Date: Tues, Aug 8, 2006 12:55 PM
"The school corporation pulled back because of controversy in another district."

John Adams High School
Date: Tues, Aug 10, 2006 4:58 AM
"Adams no longer uses teenscreen.  It has been an issue that the corporation has decided that none of the students will be involved."

Lawrenceburg High School
Date: Tue, Feb 6, 2007 9:25 AM
"The school corporation is experiencing severe budget problems at this time. As a result, our guidance department has lost staff resulting in not offering the Teen Screen program this year."

Penn-Harris-Madison
Date: Friday, Feb 2, 2007 6:50 AM
"We discontinued TeenScreen at Penn High school because we had a very low response rate from parents when we requested written permission to administer the screening to students."


IOWA
West Burlington Jr./Sr. High
Date: Mon, Aug 15, 2005 8:33 AM
"We will not be using the TeenScreen program again"


West DesMoines Schools AEA 11
Valley High School

Date: Fri, Oct 20, 2006 11:49 AM
"Valley High School in West Des Moines, Iowa, is no longer considering the implementation of Teen Screen."

MICHIGAN
Clio Public Schools
Date: Thursday, Oct 19, 2006 7:25 PM
"We do not now - and have NEVER - permitted TeenScreen to screen our students. Yes....we DID invite them in to speak with us and we looked at the program. However, we decided not to go forward."

NEVADA
C.W. Woodbury Middle School
Date: Tue, September 05, 2006 8:01 AM
"We are not going to use TeenScreen again at Woodbury."

Green Valley High School
Date: Tue, January 02, 2007 3:01 PM
"Green Valley High School no longer
participates in the TeenScreen Program, nor does the school plan to do so in the future."

NEW YORK
John F. Kennedy Catholic High School
Date: Thur, Oct 19, 2006 at 9:47 PM
"I was also very upset when I first found out that the school was involved in TeenScreen. All parents on the Parents Advisory Board were as upset as I was as nobody knew about it, not even the school's administration knew of the ramifications of the TeenScreen program and its consequences for our children. This is to let you know that the Kennedy Catholic High School in Westchester County, NY is not involved in the discredited TeenScreen program. The president of the school confirmed that the school is no longer involved in that program whatsoever"

East Syracuse/Minoa School District
Date sent: Mon, June 12, 2006 10:40:03 AM
"There was a funding issue"

NORTH CAROLINA
Moore County School District
Date: Mon, June 5, 2006 2:29 PM
"We have/had made no commitment to the program and are not planning to implement it."

OKLAHOMA
Douglass High School
Date: Wed, Sept 20, 2006 2:13 PM
"Last year someone contacted us and actually did the program for us. This year I have not heard from anyone."

Emerson High School
Date: Thur, Sept 28, 2006 6:36 PM
"We are not using the screening program anymore."

WASHINGTON STATE
Lynden School District #504
Date: Wed, June 7, 2006 8:01 PM
"We have been told to halt all screening at this time."

WEST VIRGINIA
East Fairmont Jr. High
Date: February 5, 2007 10:44 AM
"Computer issues were a problem."

WISCONSIN
Kenosha Unified School District
Date: Wed, February 14, 2007 at 9:50 AM
"TEENSCREEN IS DEAD IN KENOSHA"

Wisconsin School for the Deaf
Date: Fri, October 20, 2006 11:29 AM
"The Wisconsin School for the Deaf has not implemented the TeenScreen instrument."

Washburn School District
Date Thu, June 15, 2006 10:00 AM
"We did receive a mini grant but did not use and returned grant funds."

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