NEWS TIP SHEET
School violence experts at the Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence at the University of Colorado at Boulder can discuss issues related to the fifth anniversary of the Columbine High School shootings.
The center offers assistance to all Colorado schools and communities, and across the nation, on the prevention of juvenile violence and safe school planning. Center experts who are available to comment on the Columbine anniversary are:
* Jane Grady, assistant director and center spokeswoman, who can discuss all aspects of juvenile violence and the center's efforts to reduce violence and bullying in Colorado's schools since Columbine. She can be reached at (303) 735-2063.
* Grace Taylor, research director for the Safe Communities-Safe Schools program, who can discuss the measures Colorado schools have taken to make themselves safer. She can be reached at (303) 492-2133.
* Bill Woodward, the former director of the Colorado Division of Criminal Justice who is now the center's director of training, who also can discuss juvenile violence and school safety since Columbine. He can be reached at (303) 735-0538.
For more information visit the center's Web site at or contact Peter Caughey in the CU-Boulder Office of News Services at (303) 492-4007.