When asked about his recent trip to Frisco’s CTE center, Larry Anderson, the founder and director of the National Center for Technology Planning, said “The whole of greater Dallas should take pride in what has happened in Frisco. Not only has the school been built beautifully but there is a social and cultural shift that has the potential of elevating the nation.”

Shattered Dreams is a two-day program designed to drive home the dangers of drinking and driving. In dramatic fashion, Frisco police officers, firefighters and air ambulance crews respond to a staged, mock DWI crash outside the High School. By design, this program takes place just before Prom.

Emergency crews simulate medical treatment for students portraying the victims, and other students posing as the “drunk driver”.  The “victim” students will be transported by ambulance and CareFlite to Centennial Medical Center, while the “deceased” student will be transported by Turrentine Jackson & Morrow Funeral Home. The “drunk driver” will be arrested and transported to the Frisco Detention Facility for book-in and arraignment.

A “Grim Reaper” appears in classrooms every fifteen minutes, selecting students to illustrate Texas’ sobering statistic of someone being killed every fifteen minutes by a drunk driver. Students selected as “living dead” return to class in white face makeup and instructions not to talk. Parents are tasked with writing obituaries (my wife had to do this) and the living dead spend the night away from their families and friends.

On the second day, the students attend a mock funeral, followed by an assembly. Student actors will share their impressions and community leaders will talk about teenage alcohol abuse. In addition to performances by members of the LHS Choir, scheduled speakers include Frisco PD Chaplain Murphy, Dr. Robert Simonson of Methodist Hospital, and LHS Principal Mike Waldrip.

Shattered Dreams is a cooperative effort between the Frisco Independent School District, the Frisco Police Department, and the Frisco Fire Department.

See the Frisco ISD Web Site for more information.