In this week’s Hook (admittedly, the issue came out last Thursday), they report the results of the annual Youth Risk Behavior Survey, which is conducted among Albemarle middle and high school students. The most shocking figure in the survey is that 237 students reported carrying a weapon to school in 2000, which is 100 more than in 1999. The good news is that, reportedly, a lot of kids may be lying. Lisa Provence has the story.
News and meta-news about Charlottesville, VA, since 2001.
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Police announced this afternoon that their investigation into what was initially believed to be a fatal fire on Rugby Avenue is now a homicide investigation. #
The Virginia Supreme Court has denied George Huguely’s appeal. His second-degree murder conviction will stand, WRIC reports. #
In a carefully worded story, and not citing specific sources, WTVR reports that forensic evidence belonging to Jesse Matthew Jr., the main suspect in the disappearance of Hannah Graham, matches forensic evidence collected during the investigation of Morgan Harrington’s 2009 murder. #
In the wake of Hannah Graham’s disappearance, and the evidence that came from private security footage, city officials are revisiting the question of installing security cameras on the downtown mall. #
Both Charlottesville Registrar Sheri Iachetta and former Electoral Board member Stephanie Commander have turned themselves in to the police on
foursix and four felony counts of embezzlement, respectively. #Ten years ago, the National Institutes of Health budget doubled and schools like the University of Virginia built massive new research facilities. A decade later, those buildings remain largely underutilized. NPR visits UVA in this story on the effect of federal binge and spurge spending in the sciences. #
In 2012, Council approved a new student housing complex on West Main—now some council members are questioning whether what they were shown matches what was built. #
The Architectural Review Board has approved a bike-themed mural on West Market, below the McGuffey Art Center, although at least one member expressed concerns that it might look like the bicyclists were riding away from Charlottesville’s downtown. #
City Police Chief Tim Longo is meeting with city leaders to work on protocols regarding the use of military surplus police weapons in Charlottesville. #
A 100-year-old Colonnades resident received military honors for her service in the WWII Women’s Army Corps #
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could it be that since 9-11 that the meaning of
‘weapon” is changed. fingernail clips for example
I’m always armed. I have a right one and a left one. And they can both be used as weapons.
I think the more interesting metric is the attempted suicides. I think another interesting metric that I didn’t see would be school violence (number of fights, etc).
The good news is that, reportedly, a lot of kids may be lying.
The bad news is that some of them lied about carrying weapons, and some of them lied about not carrying weapons.
I have to wonder what the BAR is going to have to say about that rather contemporary design. Sure isn’t a good fit Downtown.
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Board of Architectural Review. Aren’t they going to have to sign off on that?
Well, I imagine it would make sense if I had placed my original comment under the proper subject. Oops!
First off, it should be reinforced the events of 9-11 have nil to do with this, as the survey dates are from two and three years ago.
I think studies like this are interesting if you also think about them as parallel studies of what’s changed in what kids find funny- because that’s probably where they were coming from when they answered the survey.
The decidedly less-funny-all-the-time subject of weapons in school is something that has always been a joke in school, at work etc.. a particularly horrific event like columbine will provide a few weeks where only the kids who really want the attention will make a crack about weapons, but “peacetime” surveys on the subject don’t seem like they could be the least bit trustworthy.
I’d like to see two surveys about who would consider calling in bomb threats at school, taken last august and last october.
Its easy to write off schoolkids with firearms as unrealistic. But the reality is everyone is REQUIRED to go to school by law. This means that every psychopath, nutjob, and loose nut in society is in a high school somewhere at some point.
My few short years in school involved a lot more serious threats on my life with deadly weapons than my adult life has. Get a clue people, perhaps we should allow those who are anti-social to stay that way, and opt out of education, which would only make them more efficient criminals anyway.
And while we’re at it, why not give them their own island?
(I guess this is the reason for the “threshold” feature)