Thur* , Feb 5, 1981 (Sec. 1) SANDY (Ore ) POST — 7
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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
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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
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and make shots in the dark
concerning the integrity of
the school and its staff, but
those who chose to do so
should show a basis of fact,
not fiction. While I cannot
say that I get along w ith — or
like — every member of the
staff here, I am here to state
that never have I found
school more enjoyable and
conducive to a learning at
mosphere than here at Sandy
High
They really make
things happen.
Tim Sytsma
SUHS student
M ore on SUHS
As parents of three
teenagers in Sandy High we
wish to state that there are
many positive areas in the
high school. Our children do
have teachers, coaches and
staff that care about them
and show that concern in
many ways. Being parents
that have been in the school
quite often during school and
for activities after school, we
have seen lots of very well
d is cip lin e d
and
p o lite
teenagers.
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. Vedder
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