Robert Ervin : Bangor schools aware of drug abuse
Bangor Daily News, September 25, 2007
(excerpt) Renee Ordway’s opinion column 'Drug issue gets ignored by parents' (BDN, Sept. 15) deserves a response. Ordway wrote about her attendance at a meeting held at Bangor High School earlier this month to provide information on drug abuse to the parents of incoming Bangor High School students.
The program, "Ninth Grade Chemical Health Orientation," is part of a series the school department has initiated to address: support for parents in the transition to high school, information on educational programs and school assistance, and involvement of children in school activities. Obviously missing the point of the evening, Ordway reprimanded parents in general and dismissed the parents in attendance, whom she referred to as a "gaggle."
Ordway begins her article with a series of accusations against the Bangor School Department, none of which is true. For regular readers of Ordway’s column, this will come as no surprise; Ordway’s criticism of Bangor’s schools is a regular theme. The abuse of drugs by adolescents is, however, a serious matter, and the record of the Bangor school system in combating drug abuse should be set straight.
(excerpt) Renee Ordway’s opinion column 'Drug issue gets ignored by parents' (BDN, Sept. 15) deserves a response. Ordway wrote about her attendance at a meeting held at Bangor High School earlier this month to provide information on drug abuse to the parents of incoming Bangor High School students.
The program, "Ninth Grade Chemical Health Orientation," is part of a series the school department has initiated to address: support for parents in the transition to high school, information on educational programs and school assistance, and involvement of children in school activities. Obviously missing the point of the evening, Ordway reprimanded parents in general and dismissed the parents in attendance, whom she referred to as a "gaggle."
Ordway begins her article with a series of accusations against the Bangor School Department, none of which is true. For regular readers of Ordway’s column, this will come as no surprise; Ordway’s criticism of Bangor’s schools is a regular theme. The abuse of drugs by adolescents is, however, a serious matter, and the record of the Bangor school system in combating drug abuse should be set straight.
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