Karen Baucom, the ACDVC director, said it was especially important to discuss these issues with students before prom, April 24. She said many girls feel obligated to have sex with boys on prom night.
Baucom said the organization would present information to students in the form of brochures and offer self-defense classes.
She also asked the board to suspend the high school's dress code for one day to allow students to wear jeans as part of Jeans for Justice Day.
The movement behind the holiday is a response to an Italian court case where a rape conviction was overturned due to the victim wearing tight jeans, she said. The judge ruled the woman would have needed help to take her jeans off to have intercourse with the assailant.
"It gives the students in this county a voice," she said.
Baucom said students could pay $1 to wear jeans April 22.
Chairwoman Lisa Davis asked if students could wear a lapel pin offered by the organization without altering the dress code. She said she was concerned about asking students to pay to wear jeans. Davis said some students may be unable to pay or may forget.
The Rev. Rob Rollins offered to pay for any students who wanted a pin. Baucom suggested offering a piece of denim to go with each pin.
The board agreed to allow students to wear the pins and a piece of denim.
Baucom said within a week of visiting the school last year, two students came to the organization because they had been victims of sexual assault.
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