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April 12, 2010

Recent Tragedies in the News

Searchers Find Body of Missing Teen in the Woods : Police Say Teens Had Been Drinking the Night Taylor Meyer Disappeared Oct. 20, 2008 — Investigators are trying to determine how a 17-year-old Plainville, Mass., girl died after she disappeared Friday night from an underage drinking party near an abandoned airport. Taylor Meyer's body was found today in a swampy area near the

Dispute over marijuana led to deadly Mansfield shootingBY DAVID LINTON SUN CHRONICLE STAFFMANSFIELD - The fatal shooting of an 18-year-old local man earlier this week was over what authorities say was the sale of three-quarters of a pound of marijuana.

Andrew Colwell, of 83 Tanya Drive, had picked up Mark Hayden, 19, of 702 Francis Ave., in Mansfield, in his family's Jeep Cherokee Monday night to sell Hayden the marijuana, authorities confirmed Wednesday.

Two killed, one injured in crashJuly 26, 2008 By Caitlin Castello, Globe CorrespondentTwo women were killed and a third woman was seriously injured tonight when the car they were in crashed head-on into a tree off of southbound Route 1 in Wrentham, State Police said.

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Police bust underage party in MansfieldBY DAVID LINTON SUN CHRONICLE STAFFMANSFIELD - Police will summons 17 youths to Attleboro District Court for unlawful possession of alcohol related to a house party over the weekend in which underage youths were allegedly intoxicated.

Police Chief Arthur O'Neill said police discovered the party when officers were called to 200 Balcom St., around 1:50 a.m. Saturday for a reported disturbance.

Communities That CareSurvey Results

MPS-Spring 2009

Basic Demographics

Grade 6 Grade 7 Grade 8 Grade 9 Grade 10 Grade 11 Grade 12

326 351 322 333 317 261 192

Total students surveyed: n=2,102

male: n=1,067female: n=1,020

White African-American

Native American

Hispanic/Latino

Asian Other

1,772 87 9 44 52 45

Racial Composition

Students Who Have Used Cigarettes in the Past 30 Days

Students Who Have Used Alcohol in the Past 30 Days

Students Who Have Used Marijuana in the Past 30 Days

Student Perception of Risk- Using Cigarettes

Student Perception of Risk- Using Alcohol

Student Perception of Risk- Using Marijuana

Student Perception of Parental Disapproval- Using Cigarettes

Student Perception of Parental Disapproval- Using Alcohol

Student Perception of Parental Disapproval- Using Marijuana

Student Perception of How Easy It Is to Obtain Cigarettes

Student Perception of How Easy It Is to Obtain Alcohol

Student Perception of How Easy It Is to Obtain Marijuana

Average Age of First Use

Age

Top 3 Risk Factors in Mansfield

1. Parental attitudes favorable toward antisocial behavior

2. Poor family supervision3. Peer rewards for antisocial

behavior

Top 3 Protective Factors in Mansfield

1. Belief in the moral order2. Family rewards for prosocial

behavior3. Social skills by students

Next Steps

• Sharing the data: Mansfield School Committee, Chamber of Commerce, Pop Warner, Mansfield Youth Soccer, MESA, etc…

• Re-establishment of MHS SADD Chapter• Tri-Town Partnership- common activities and

policies w/Foxboro & Norton• Administration of the Mansfield Public Schools

and Community Needs Assessment

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