I try to update this blog frequently.  Lately we have had technical issues preventing me from being able to post.  My commitment to you, the community, is to be as open and upfront as I can, to make this blog part of the relationship and conversation that we have.

Two weeks ago, several Clayton students were involved in an incident resulting in one of our students going to the hospital.  The incident took place late on a Monday night off school grounds.  As it is an ongoing police/judicial matter I can't comment too much.  But, as I put in the groupcast the individual the police believe to be the assailant is in police custody and has been suspended from school as part of the mandates of the Safe Schools Act of 1993.  

Students involved in the alleged assault are not at CHS and will not be.  The other students have returned to classes and are working on making their lives normal once again.  I have spoken with a number of the students involved and they feel safe and comfortable at CHS.  

Choices.  Every day we make them, large and small.  The impact of each choice sets our feet down a path, a path with many turns and curves, but a path nonetheless.  All the students involved made choices that night.  Take the opportunity you have to talk to your student about the choices they have in life, opportunities gained or missed, decisions they make and the impact it has on their lives; talk to them about the control they have over their own lives, and help them make good choices.

Louise