UNI Center for Violence Prevention Program presented a check to the school district for $1,500 at the school board meeting on Monday.  This money is to go towards a program called Mentors in Violence (or MVP) at the Marshalltown High School.

That is Dr. William Flemming from UNI.  Jackie Wyant goes on to talk about the program at the high school and how it works.  It starts with about 80 upper classman that want to be mentors

The upper classman are there as mentors to help the freshman transition to the high school.