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STORY SLUGGED: ADDICTION-YOUTH -- (May 4, 2006) The New School, an alternative high school largely comprised of former gang members and drug addicts in Watsonville, Calif., offers some services you won't find at your typical high school -- including rides to nearby AA and NA meetings, after-school 12-Step classes, routine urine testing and a dog that comes in to sniff backpacks a few times a year. Students include, left to right, Georgie Maldonado, Alberto Velez, Larry Martinez and Meme Martinez. (Vern Fisher/MCT)