Boston Parents Renew Efforts Against Drunk Driving

More than 100 concerned parents congregated this week at a high school in the suburbs of Boston to discuss new measures against teen drunk driving. According to the story published in The Boston Globe, Newton South High School called the meeting in response to three car accidents that occurred in one weekend last month. All three accidents involved students from the school, and all three involved drunken driving. Principal Brian Salzer said to parents:

"I don't want you to feel like you are being lectured. …This [meeting] is to answer the question, 'What are we doing?' What are the school, police and district attorney's office doing to help kids around drinking and driving?' "

At the meeting, parents received information from police officials, former students, school officials, and a prosecutor. Parent reported that this information was helpful.

Area police reportedly asked parents to inform the police of house parties, which they called “a real serious problem and a hard one to manage.” The police said they were more interested in keeping intoxicated party-goers off the road than anything else.

(Sources: Boston.com)

Labels: parents, teen-drinking

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