It was a very productive evening. We have the kids playing in the game against the police. We have the younger kids in the stands, cheering everyone on. |
It's been very positive. The kids have a place to go and get together. |
We have had less incidents of bullying, less fights. The numbers of total incidents have gone down. |
We just wanted to get some sort of an input. We just wanted to get a feeling how the students felt about underage drinking and see if we can design some sort of a plan to combat it. |
We open up the gym two nights a week, from 7 p.m. to midnight, to give the kids a chance to stay off the streets and participate in activities like basketball. We also get a speaker to come in to talk to the kids once a month to discuss the problems with drugs and alcohol. It's sort of a prevention and intervention program. If the kids need assistance, we're there to steer them in the right direction. |
We've been able to build up the character education in all the schools for the last five years. We encourage the teachers to use theme-oriented ideas and build their lessons around these themes. It has become very comfortable with the classroom teachers. |