Contact: Xanthi Soriano, Executive Director, Communications
Cell: (916) 261-6219 • Email: xsoriano@scoe.net
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: March 14, 2025
WHAT: Film Screening and Panel Discussion
WHEN: Friday, March 14, 2025, at 5:30 p.m.
WHERE: The Guild Theater, 2828 35th Street, Sacramento, CA 95817
WHO: Hosted by the Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE)
WHY: Filmed over 14 months, Fentanyl High goes beyond social media facades to uncover high school students’ raw, unfiltered perspectives on the fentanyl epidemic. The documentary explores how teens navigate emotional struggles at school and home, why many turn to self-medication, and what can be done to prevent further tragedies. The film features powerful firsthand accounts from paramedics, doctors, government officials, and grieving parents who have lost children to fentanyl poisoning.
- 5:30 p.m. Welcome, introduction of Director Kyle Santoro, remarks by Sacramento County Superintendent of Schools David W. Gordon
- 5:50 p.m. Documentary Screening
- 7:10 p.m. Panel Discussion
- 7:30 p.m. Closing
In 2020, California reported approximately 5,500 opioid overdose deaths. Fentanyl alone was responsible for nearly 4,000 of them—72% of all opioid-related fatalities. The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE) is committed to ensuring that schools, families, and communities have the resources and information they need to fight back against this crisis. This free, sold-out event is presented in collaboration with LC2 Productions, Friday Night Live/Club Live, Sacramento Coalition for Youth, and the Sacramento County Opioid Coalition.
About the Sacramento County Office of Education
The Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE), plays a leadership role in the delivery of quality education to the students in Sacramento County, which is home to the California state capital comprising 1.4 million residents and seven cities. SCOE directly educates more than 30,000 children and adults each year—including thousands of district teachers who attend training sessions and workshops. It provides support services to more than 253,000 students in 13 school districts, four of which are some of the state’s largest. SCOE provides technical assistance, curriculum and instructional support, staff development, legal and financial advice, and oversight to Sacramento County school districts. Its programs and services are available to schools, districts, and other county offices of education across the region.
Considered a leader of the Capital Service Region—a 10-county area consisting of Alpine, Colusa, El Dorado, Nevada, Placer, Sacramento, Sierra, Sutter, Yolo, and Yuba Counties—SCOE is one of 58 county offices of education in California. SCOE staff work year-round providing services which complement and supplement those offered by public school districts in Sacramento County.
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