The district operates five Healthy Start centers to provide prevention services to families. With sites at secondary and elementary schools in the same region, Healthy Start works with students at all grade levels and their entire families. Three centers are located at secondary schools and serve their communities. The center at James Rutter Middle School serves families whose children attend James Rutter Middle School, Florin and William Daylor high schools, and the one at Valley High serves Valley High and Samuel Jackman Middle School. The goal of Healthy Start is to improve the educational, health, and social opportunities for students and their families, using the school as the site for coordinating services.
Early intervention is the key.
Regular events include health screenings, immunization clinics, health fairs, parent education workshops, and gang and violence prevention lessons.