1 . On Monday, two groups of boys had a fight at Southwood High School. The following day, two groups of girls ________ where the boys had left off. In just two days, 23 students were taken to the police office.

So when Craig Lee, a business owner and community activist, was told about the ________ gang (帮派) tensions, he ________ Michael La’Fitte, who had a daughter at Southwood. They held a meeting and the ________ in attendance decided to make their ________ known on campus.

“We’re dads,” said La’Fitte. “The best people to ________ our kids are us.” That’s how Dads on Duty was born to ensure kids’ ________ . They sacrifice their own ________ . Some are fathers of kids at the school, ________ others are uncles, grandfathers and men like Lee, who volunteered to help the youth in his ________ .

Since then, ________ have dramatically declined and gang battles have stopped. “The school has been ________,” said one student. “They ________ with us like we’re their own children.”

But it’s not just cheerful greetings and funny jokes that have ________ Southwood. It’s the Positive Presence Promotion, developed by Dads on Duty, which means getting involved in home lives, engaging in dialogue about gang culture, and, ________ , making sure every kid has an adult they trust to ________ in times of crisis.

The presence of dads is meant to be ________ . One day after school, Dad on Duty Mike Morgan ________ some students wandering outside were waiting for their target of bullying. He found the target and steered (引导) him clear of the area. So to detect such a situation requires dads to be more ________ .

These dads have partnered with fathers in other counties who’ve followed their ________ . As La’Fitte said, “We’d like this to happen in every school.”