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Dads on Duty
When Southwood High School in Shreveport, Louisiana, saw a violent week of fighting that resulted in the arrests of 23 students in a matter of three days at the start of the school year, a group of dads decided they needed to take action, and it worked.
Concerned fathers formed “Dads on Duty” to take shifts spending time at the school and greeting students to help maintain a positive environment and try to stop the violence on campus.
“We’re dads. We decided the best people who can take care of our kids are who? Are us,” said Michael LaFitte, who started the group.
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