Word: opening
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...sweet and the stars are out, the milky streetlamps still lit at 5:45. It would be a great morning to be fishing. The school doors are already open when principal Pat Voss pads up the front steps in her cranberry Goofy T shirt and heads for the main office. Nancy Giessmann is in the cafeteria making breakfast, Vron Murphy is in the office doing photocopying left from the night before. The flag next to the front steps is still flying at half-staff, in honor of the teacher who dropped dead in the hallway between periods two weeks...
...informal study program. She knows their class schedules and their family situations. They call her "Mom." But Mom has rules in her basement: no disrespect, cursing, drugs or sex. Their real parents must know where they are, and they must do their homework. Stewart keeps the basement open until 10 on weeknights, midnight on weekends. "They can study here and hang out and be O.K.," she says...
...students do take precautions--and some feel comfortable talking to their parents about sex. "I told [my mom] the first time I had sex. She wasn't mad at all," says Sally. "She was excited for me and told me to be careful and all." Peter isn't as open with his parents. "They pretty much think that that's none of their business just as long as I'm being careful and using protection," he says. Once, though, his mom offered to buy condoms...
...police are quick to break up teen parties in Webster. The last time this sophomore threw a party, the police showed up twice, and there's concern they will show up today if guests drink out in the open. Even worse, under an ordinance passed last year, parents can be held responsible for their kids' hospitality. As part of a crackdown, adults whose children throw unsupervised parties are issued a warning letter by police. A second offense can mean a summons and a fine...
...threat, one a Webster student, who was expelled. It gets the teachers talking about security in general--and Columbine in particular. "The bombs at Columbine were planted beforehand, at night, when there wouldn't be any witnesses," says Ken Winingham, who teaches psychology. "Our school is wide open at night. If you want to plant a bomb here, you can." But the team can't agree on any new restrictions on access. They suggest the school install a caller-ID system, but principal Voss says it would cost "a full teacher's salary for a year...