Schools to hold meetings on drinking and substance abuse

Mountain Brook Schools will hold a series of meetings on youth, underage drinking and substance abuse in November.

In previous years, the meetings have been held at homes, but this year they will be in schools.

“Our hope is that parents will learn about the status of underage drinking and substance abuse among the youth in our community, what the schools are doing to try to address the problem, and what parents can do to prevent substance abuse by their own children,” said Superintendent Dicky Barlow,

According to an email Barlow sent to parents, their main hope is to provide parents with some concrete ideas to consider for dealing with these issues proactively and reactively in their families.

They will share information such as that at the high school level Mountain Brook students report higher levels of alcohol use and higher levels of use of some drugs than is seen in national statistics.

All meetings will run from 6:30-7:45 p.m.

Thursday, Nov. 1-Brookwood Forest Elementary

Monday, Nov. 5-  Mountain Brook Elementary

Wednesday, Nov. 7-  Mountain Brook High School

Wednesday, Nov. 14-  Mountain Brook Junior High

Monday, Nov. Nov. 19-  Cherokee Bend Elementary

Tuesday, Nov. 27-  Crestline Elementary School

Parents will be notified and invited to come to these meetings through email and other means. They are invited to attend a meeting at a school where they do not have a child if they have a conflict with a time at their school(s).  

For more information, email studentservices@mtnbrook.k12.al.us or visit http://tinyurl.com/MBS-HH2012.