Bullwings: Orcas Issues
June 29th, 2010
Teen Night Meeting at the Funhouse Airs Concerns
Contributed by Krista Bouchey of the Funhouse
During the Teen Night Meeting last Wednesday, June 23, we opened up the discussion with our proposed questions:
- Do parents see teen night as a safe option?
- If not, what can we do to make it safe and appealing? Check in/out system?
- Lock in? Do teens see teen night as safe and fun?
- How do we get them involved?
- Is the current middle school policy working?
- Should parents be more or less involved in teen night? How can we get them to participate?
Additional concerns that were brought up were:
- The Funhouse being used as an ‘alibi’ location while teens actually went elsewhere
- drug and alcohol use during teen night hours.
Ideas generated at the meeting that we are considering implementing include:
- a check in/out system accompanied by parent contact information
- a parent/teen contract or first time registration to ensure that teens and parents are all in agreement to the rules at the Funhouse
- more extensive lighting around the building
We will also be encouraging more parent involvement/volunteers and more activities to engage parents and teens.
To contact the Funhouse, go to www.TheFunhouse.org or call 376-7177.
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I greatly appreciate the Funhouse staff, who are actively engaged in making the facility both attractive to teens and within the comfort zone of their parents. It is a fine line to walk and I applaud their efforts.
Hilary Canty