The bottom line is this, there is a problem across america with teens drinking. It did not just happening in Derby. Derby is just the stage that it's played on and we as adults must address the issues through education, love and reflection of our teen years. ...I guess it time to stop focus on Derby and place emphasis on the big picture HS drinking in general and what we are willing to do to address the issues?
I was off this topic and the forum for several days. When I returned to the topic, I noticed that several people had posted the same thought that you expressed above that it is time to take the focus off the Derby situation and instead start a topic that would addrees the big picture in general on high school drinking. That is why today I decided to introduce another topic on Alcohol First Time Offense - Proper Punishment? Perhaps this is a topic where people who would like to continue to discuss this important subject in general could focus their ideas on this topic.
I agree with you and others that enough has probably been said about this particular Derby situation. I am sure that the Derby officials will handle the infractions fairly according to their policies that they had in place at the time of the infraction and I think that is proper.
