Guest Opinion: Two Urban students against the “Safe Teen Socializing Agreement”

Harry Krinsky and Charlotte Blanc, Guest writers
February 8, 2011

Read the parent guest opinion on the “Safe Teen Socializing Contract” by John M. O’Connell Jr. As freshmen, we can eat on Haight Street on the first day of school. We have laptops and no Web site restrictions. We even participated in deciding on the grading policy, which will have a... Read more »

Guest Opinion: An Urban parent in favor of the “Safe Teen Socializing Agreement”

John M. O'Connell Jr., Guest writer
February 7, 2011

Read the student guest opinion on the “Safe Teen Socializing Contract” by Harry Krinski and Charlotte Blanc. From the moment you were born, we, the parents, have been amazed and somewhat terrified. Our purpose is to help you be the ‘best’ person, (happy, healthy, (w)holy) you can be,... Read more »

Urban School Teens Give Thoughts On Choice to Drink

Marney Kline, Staff writer
February 6, 2011

Welcome to high school: it’s middle school on steroids. The workload, the people, the parties – it’s all amped up just a notch or two. And at some point, all students are confronted by temptations that conflict with the law, their families’ values, and their own moral beliefs. Decisions loom... Read more »

Urban School’s Parent Association fights for teen safety, but not without response from students

Jonathan Baer, staff writer
February 5, 2011

Over the past few months, Urban’s Parent Association has developed a parental “contract” – an agreement among Urban parents that addresses student safety, substance use and parental policy about parties. The “Parent Collaborative Agreement for Safe Teen Socializing” has triggered a wide range... Read more »