Mercury News: Fentanyl Crisis - Fury Grows Over Bay Area School Districts That Still Aren't Ready to Save an Overdosing Student

The good news: Many schools are stepping up their preparedness in recent months

As state and local officials voice growing concern about the fentanyl crisis — and the U.S. attorney general says the Justice Department is focusing “enormous urgency” on the deadly drug — high schools in nearly a dozen Bay Area districts are still not prepared to save an overdosing student, according to a survey by the Bay Area News Group.

The news organization found 36% of the 33 districts that responded said they have yet to train teachers and staff to recognize the signs of fentanyl overdoses. About 27% have not made the lifesaving drug Narcan readily available in schools, even after Bay Area educators and school nurses have used the nasal spray to revive students at least four times this school year.