The fairbanks north star borough school district is in interior alaska and operates 33 schools that serve 12,631 students and employ 1,700 full-time employees

The Fairbanks North Star Borough School District was awarded a $802,555 Project Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice's Bureau of Justice Assistance (CFDA 16.839 STOP School Violence Program) to train school personnel and educate students on preventing school violence. The 3-year project, which began on October 1, 2023, will provide evidence-based threat assessment training to secondary school teachers, principals, and students to help them recognize, respond to, and prevent acts of violence. It will also fund the hiring of three school safety assistants to work directly with students at three high schools to intervene in potentially violent situations. The goal is to improve school security and climate through these evidence-based violence prevention strategies.

The project will train school personnel and educate students on preventing school violence, including strategies to improve the school climate. Secondary school teachers, principals, other school-based personnel, and students will receive evidence-based threat assessment training to recognize, respond quickly to, and help prevent acts of violence. Training will involve a virtual orientation, elearning courses, and coaching throughout implementation. IT will also hire three school safety assistants to support the prevention of school violence at lathrop, north pole, and west valley high schools. These school safety assistants will work directly with students to prevent and/or intervene in potentially violent situations in and around the school campuses.