TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Cale Curtis, City Manager
DATE: March 4, 2026
Title
2025-2026 D.A.R.E. (DRUG ABUSE RESISTANCE EDUCATION) WINNERS
LIBERTY ELEMENTARY - OFFICER PAUL LINDEMAN
• WINNER - PAULA VERA
ATLANTIC WEST - OFFICER RALPH SCAPERROTTA
• WINNERS - ISABELLA SANYER AND EMIL JEAN PIERRE
MARGATE ELEMENTARY - OFFICER TONY CARECCIA
• WINNERS - JOAO VITOR JEANNIE AND MANNING PAGLEY
BACKGROUND: Drug Abuse Resistance Education, or D.A.R.E., is an American education program that tries to prevent use of controlled drugs, membership in gangs, and violent behavior. The program consists of police officers who make visits to elementary school classrooms, warning children that drugs are harmful and should be refused. D.A.R.E. educates children on how to resist peer pressure and live productive drug and violence-free lives.
RECOMMENDATION:
FISCAL IMPACT:
CONTACT PERSON: Michael Palma, Chief of Police