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« on: December 10, 2008, 12:06:18 PM »
"Will teach respect for others property as obviously strict rules and accountability will be needed so the teens don't damage or cause problems with the facility."
While I think accountability does encourage responsibilty, I don't think it teaches respect. I don't want to stereotype teenagers and infer that they will all damage things in the coarse of "just being kids", but the reality is that there WILL always be a few mischevious kids in a group. They will go off and do their own thing when the rest are just trying to have good, clean fun.
Many parents complain about their kids not cleaning up their rooms or anything else. What would possess someone on the select board to think that teenagers would clean up after themselves and not leave the fire station meeting area a mess.
Who would be accountable? Parents of teens after something is damaged?? How would that be enforced?
Personally, I think if the Select board members think this is such a good and workable idea, each one of them should personally be overseeing the teens every night they get together. By overseeing, i mean physically sitting in a chair at the entrance to the equipment area, AND cleaning the entire area when everyone has left. Just so nothing happens when the select board member has to use the bathroom, there should be a minimum of 2 members there at all times that teens are present.
Unless each board member is willing to personally commit to this kind of "strict oversight", the idea of using a valuable public safety resource as a teen gathering center should be quickly thrown out.
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