Parents Plan Drug-Free Graduation Parties

Parents arrange sober Graduation Parties

JACKSONVILLE BEACH -- highschool seniors ar gears up for graduation and therefore the parties that keep company with it.

Some parties may go unattended and involve alcohol and drug use.

A port of entry sober coalition has started a program at dramatist highschool this year that officers hope can confine on those parties and encourage safer celebrations.

"There has invariably been a priority on the a part of some folks and faculty officers of what happens at graduation parties," aforementioned Virginia Borrok, the project organiser for be part of along port of entry, the coalition promoting Safe Homes/Safe Parties.

The program's purpose is to coach folks regarding young  parties in order that they will facilitate forestall alcohol, tobacco and drug use.

"We're making an attempt to impact folks and families to be well-versed and have oversight on what their youngsters do," Borrok aforementioned.

School officers have sent a letter and a pamphlet regarding the program to the fogeys of all dramatist High juniors and seniors. The pamphlet includes instructed tips for fogeys to follow if their young  attends a celebration, hosts one or if the fogeys ar out of city throughout party season.

"It extremely could be a concern that we've once a year, the underage drinking and partying," aforementioned Barbara Short, vice principal at dramatist, wherever graduation is could thirty one.

A pledge card additionally was sent to oldsters asking them to line tips for his or her youngsters, to not enable underage drinking or drug use in their homes or business places, to not let their youngsters have unattended parties and to encourage alcohol- and tobacco-free parties for underage teens.

Lt. Saint Patrick Dooley, representative for the port of entry Beach department of local government, aforementioned police ar virtually ne'er known as to parties wherever folks ar gift however ar habitually known as to unattended parties.

"It's wherever it is not supervised that we tend to run into issues," Dooley aforementioned.

Most of these parties tend to be larger, noisier and involve additional drinking and drug use, he said. …