KELVIN GENERALIZATION WRONG

Re: Cocaine sold in school, March 6.

I am a Grade 11 student at Kelvin High School. I've been attending
the school for over two years, and in that time, I have never been
approached by anyone trying to sell me cocaine or any other drug.

Being a parent at Kelvin does not mean that Coun. Jenny Gerbasi
should be making generalizations about an entire school community. As
well, it seems that every time the media needs a story about youth
and drugs, alcohol or smoking, they turn to Kelvin, which in my
experience is one of the less troubled schools when it comes to this issue.

Making our school the "poster child" for drug abuse and linking the
school with bullying and various other problems is simply unfair and
inaccurate. As a parent in the community, Gerbasi should not use her
children's school to draw media attention to her political ambitions
without first informing herself on the issues.

Patrick Obendoerfer

Winnipeg