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Detention for Drinking?

Published by Waldo Jaquith on June 8, 2006 in Education and Law and Justice. 14 Comments

After AHS lacrosse player Nolan Jenkins died in what appears to have been an alcohol-related car accident, some parents want to see kids punished by their schools for drinking, Sarah Berry reports in today’s Daily Progress. Student athletes are required to sign a pledge that they will abstain from drugs and alcohol throughout the season, and it’s suggested that all students should need to do so. The School Board is asking for input from the public, as well as the board’s attorney.

I think giving schools the authority to punishing kids for what they do when they’re not in school is asking for trouble. Underage drinking is already illegal, as evidenced by the tickets issued to 27 AHS and WAHS students for doing so a couple of weeks ago. If a teenager wants to consume wine with dinner under parental supervision, that’s a reasonable and responsible thing; they shouldn’t fear being suspended for doing so.

Bodo’s Sold

Published by Waldo Jaquith on June 8, 2006 in Business. 3 Comments

Bodo's Corner InteriorIt’s the end of an era, kind of: Brian Fox has sold Bodo’s, Dave McNair reports in this week’s Hook. But not to some chain or a developer; he’s passed the torch to a new corporation formed by the managers of each of the three locations. It was twenty years ago that the Fox family founded Bodo’s Emmet St. location, expanding to Preston and, at last, The Corner in the decades since. The 61-year-old Fox says he’s done, and new owners John Kokola, Scott Smith, and Connie Jenson still seem to be absorbing the new direction their lives have taken.

Blog Carnival: Jennifer Hosts

Published by Waldo Jaquith on June 5, 2006 in Blogs. Closed

Jennifer hosts this week’s Charlottesville Blog Carnival. Fourteen enjoyable bests-of are included, neatly summarizing what Charlottesville bloggers have been discussing in the past seven days. If you’re a Charlottesville blogger, and you want to host, holla.

Indy School Blog, Carnival

Published by Waldo Jaquith on June 1, 2006 in Blogs. 3 Comments

I’ve noticed that nothing brings participants out of the woodwork here like a post about the Charlottesville school system. A whole new crowd got involved during the Scottie Griffin fiasco, parents who normally wouldn’t participate in blogs, and many of them continue to read. I think somebody — ideally a parent of one or more children in the C’ville public schools — could provide a great service by creating a blog about the ups and downs Charlottesville school system. I’d be happy to help somebody set up such a blog; contact me if you’re interested.

Also, Jennifer is hosting this week’s C’ville Blog Carnival, so if you’re a blogger that wants to brag about a recent blog entry or a blog-reader that wants something you’ve seen to be read more widely, e-mail her. And if you’re a local blogger and you want to have many hundreds of people descend on your site, please volunteer to host the carnival in an upcoming week.

ScamperDude in Progress

Published by Waldo Jaquith on May 31, 2006 in Blogs. Closed

I’ve just realized that I completely forgot to write about the Progress‘ article about a local blog a couple of days ago. John Yellig had a nice piece about ScamperDude, John Dove’s cat-fostering blog. The blog regularly features ridiculously cute pictures of tiny kittens and exhortations to foster one of the little guys until they can find a home. It’s a great idea for a blog — generally awareness-raising blogs aren’t read by the very people among whom they’re trying to raise awareness, but who can pass up daily pictures of those little fuzzballs?

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