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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Troy Youth Assistance: Teens And Tweens May Be Making Bad Choices About Dangers Parents Don’t Even Know About

Program gives parents valuable information on some of the hazardous trends facing kids.

Sexting. Planking. Purple drank. I-dosing. What? Never heard these terms? Well, if you are a parent of a tween or teen, you may want to consider learning what these and other hazardous activities are all about. Unfortunately, chances are good that your kids already know this and a lot more.  “Your kids are already award of these things and they are already making choices on these situations,” said Leonette Ciepielowski, Chairperson of Troy Youth Assistance.  The Troy Youth Assistance is sponsoring a Nov. 8 program called “Trends, Friends, and Fatal Ends,” at the Troy Police and Fire Training Center, located on John R, south of Long Lake Rd. The event takes place from 7 to 9 p.m. and is free of charge.  Dr. Douglas Carpenter, PSYD, LP, and …

Tuesday, July 31, 2012

New Sexting Policy Allows Troy Schools to Search Students' Electronics

The Board of Education adopted the new policy at its July 10 regular meeting.

The Troy School District Board of Education recently adopted a strict new policy aimed at preventing sexting in Troy schools. "It was just a matter of being proactive and recognizing that unfortunately across the United States with the proliferation of communication devices and social media, it's … only a matter of time before this may occur," Assistant Superintendent of Secondary Education Rich Machesky told The Detroit News. The new policy forbids "sending, sharing viewing or merely possessing sexually explicit digital pictures, messages, text messages, emails or other material of a sexual nature in electronic form or other form on a computer, cell phone or other electronic device" while on school property or while attending school-…

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