Los Gatos schools partner with Montana Institute to prevent teenage drinking

Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District, Los Gatos Union School District and the town of Los Gatos partnered with an anti-teen drinking organization to promote a healthy lifestyle for students. (George Sakkestad/Staff Photographer)

Los Gatos High School notoriously has higher-than-average rates of underage drinking and drug use compared to local and state averages.

Nearly 28% of the 11th-graders surveyed at the school said they had consumed alcohol in the previous 30 days, compared to the state average of 16% and Saratoga High School’s rate of 15%.

In an effort to combat those numbers, which are pulled from a 2018-19 national report, Los Gatos

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