Sixth Teen Center opens at Woods Cross High

By Becky Ginos becky.g@davisjournal.com

WOODS CROSS—Some of the most vulnerable and at-risk students now have a safe place they can go to receive the services they need to be successful. The Davis Education Foundation opened a new Teen Resource Center at Woods Cross High School on Tuesday. The center is the sixth in the Davis School District with three more in the works.

The district has seen a growing number of homeless and food-insecure students in the district and Teen Centers provide them with access to showers, laundry facilities, a food pantry and a quiet place to study.

“I don’t know what it is like to be homeless,” said Troy Wood, CEO of Lakeview Hospital. The hospital gave a large donation to the center. “This will give students see CENTER: pg. 4

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