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Thur* , Feb 5, 1981 (Sec. 1) SANDY (Ore ) POST — 7 More letters... sta yin g home w ith the schools permission, the child lias permission from the school to stay home 1 suggest that as concerned parents for our children’s education, we question the judgement of this principal Surely there are punish ments other than depriving a child of his or her education. In today’s fast moving world, I consider proper education critica l to the development of tomorrows adults. Georgia E. Archer Sandy, OR Most kids good I am a junior at Sandy High. I read the a rticle in the Sandy Post Jan. 28, about the school, and I am greatly disturbed. The group of citizens that made these c la im s ap parently haven’t searched for the truth in them. Most of the students at Sandy high are good. Only a m inority of them are “ in trouble.” You make it sound lik e every student and teacher uses pot and alcohol and has an a ffa ir going. I also rode the Sandy High buses for a long tim e and personally know that there is no drug or alchol abuse on them In closing, the ad m in is tra tio n is doing everything in their power to control drug and alcohol misuse in our school. But i t ’s in all the schools, and Sandy isn’t as bad as Portland schools. Most of the students and teachers are proud of our school and community. Let’s keep it that way. PS: Obviously, the Sandy area reporters don’t take the tim e to find the facts. Greg Meier Boring, Ore. Another view I was greatly distressed with the article in the January 29th issue of the Sandy Post on problems at the high school. Innuendo was rife in the article. Accusation of drunkenness and lecherous activity by teachers was brought up as fact, but no names were named and no charges brought against the pur- portrators If these charges are true, let’s have a school board inquiry. If, in fact, it is rum or and innuendo, it does nothing but harm a great number of good Sandy Union High School teachers My husband is a teacher at SUHS, so I have a different perspective — perhaps — on the problems brought up in the article. Drinking and drugs at school? I ’m afraid that is nothing new. Worse now? Probably. laick of discipline9 The same cry was heard in my high school days. Worse now9 Maybe. No locker checks? T ry to fight the lawsuits. Dances out of hand? Where are the parent chaperones? The blame cannot lay at the school’s door for these problems entirely. The school can do — and should be expected to do — only so much. At the last open house my husband had four parents show up. Don’t know the teachers9 Come to open house Worried about what is being taught? Sit through some classes That is your right and responsibilty. Is it important? Take tim e off work. I work at a school, too. I see day-by-day the rude, d is re s p e c tfu l a ttitu d e ch ild re n d isp la y tow ard teachers, which is a result of the lack of parental backing in the discipline policies of the school d istrict Reason for concern exists but less name calling and more parental responsibility and involvement in their child's education is the an swer. Melinda B Montgomery Sandy Support students In reference to your article about problems at Sandy High School, it's too bad M r Sweitzer wasn’t at the SUHS Booster Club Banquet last Wednesday to honor scholars and athletes for the firs t four months of the school year It m ight have changed his mind that all is bad at Sandy High. He might have seen some positive things kids who aren’t drinking, who aren't smoking pot or into drugs, who are excelling in their (Continued from Page area of interest (and not just in sports — there were more scholars honored at the banquet than athletes). Most of all, kids accompanied by their parents — parents who care what happens to their kids. There may be a few rotten apples in every barrel, but that doesn’t mean you throw the whole barrel out. I ’m not suggesting that everything is perfect at the high school. With 1,300 students in at tendance, they can’t all be angels. Discipline should have been started in the home long before a child reaches high school age We can’t leave it up to the school to raise our children. Perhaps kids who have to avoid games and dances are “ hanging out” w ith the wrong crowd. W ill they never be able to stand on their own two feet? Or make decisions of their own later on in life? Is a kid going to stay home from life because of peer pressure? I t ’s a pity that the Post chose to use this article as a headliner. I feel that all the c o n s tr u c tiv e ac complishments at the high school have just taken 10 steps backwards. It's an article th a t’s surely not going to win any friends in the comm unity, much less votes. Once again, it ’s the negative things about our youth that get publicized. Well, they say bad news sells papers — and The Post must be desperate! I challenge The Post to p rin t a p o sitive a rtic le regarding the students at Sandy High (perhaps the Booster Club honorees?) — as a headline article! Bonnie K. F la tt Sandy N o t that bad I would like to w rite in regard to the allegations made by certain members of the community concerning behavior and actions of the students attending Sandy Union High School. It was stated that alcohol can be found in the student lockers, that m arijuana is very prevalent on campus and that members of the SUHS staff have, “put the move on the kids, and young g irls .” While things here at Sandy are not the best in the world, I know that they are a lot better than a lot of other schools in Oregon. I have questioned fellow atheletes I) from many other schools. From things that I ’ve heard, Sandy is mellow compared to schools where disipline is an unknown word. While drugs and alcohol are a reality — not only here, but at most high schools, 1 have to disbelieve that students would not at tend dances because of peer pressure to drink. 1 don’t drink, and I think the m a jo rity of the students here are not heavy tkinkers. Sure, you can enforce a police state and have kids who are suspected of drinking checked at the door for evidence of alcohol on their breath. But the kids who are bound and deter mined to drink are most likely to find a way to beat the system somehow. Somewhere, I ’ve heard that high school was the place to teach kids responsibility — not treat them like a kid who engages in drugs, sex and alcohol. For those who point the fin g e r, I w ould k in d ly suggest th a t you look elsewhere for your cause of the problem — like the home. The school has kids from eight-o-clock in the morning to tw o-thirty in the afternoon. What kids do on their own time can not rest on the school’s shoulders. Most of the trouble is caused by kids going unsupervised, either in the home or af ter school. I alw ays tho u g h t the schools were there to teach and instruct, not to be responsible for students and their actions twenty four hours a day. I would like to think that my parents were overly stric t on myself, but I know that I would be a lot less happy if they hadn’t been. As for allegations con cerning staff here at Sandy High, I would personally invite the person or persons knowing of non-professional actions on the part of the SUHS staff to lay their cards on the table. It is easy to quote rum ors TMC We ve got it You should get it Doubles the pleasure1 6 6 8 -5 5 4 8 Total marie* coee-aie 6 500 orc «labor now' BURGLAR FIRE SECURITY ALARMS Gresham Alarm --------------------------------------------- Inc. 39373 Proctor, P.O. 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We are aware there are drug and alcohol problems in the schools, as well as thoughout the community. The schools must deal w ith the problems w ithin their walls, but the school cannot control what goes on off the school grounds, in homes, town or on city streets. Hie problem of the youth should be a concern for all of society. What does Sandy have to offer our teenagers? How about parents getting interested in programs at the school like the Booster Club. Their next meeting w ill be Monday, Feb. 23 at 7:30 p.m. Also parents with children in the T itle I program should turnout for the meeting on February 13 at 3 p.m. You can't do much, when only one parent attends the previous meeting. Sincerely, Dwayne M. 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