dealing with vandalism by off-site teens | <– Date –> <– Thread –> |
From: Robert Heinich (robert_heinichjuno.com) | |
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2005 18:12:49 -0700 (PDT) |
Sat night, 22Oct2005, our Common House street-side porch was vandalized with vulgar graffiti (e.g., ?F* Eno Commons?) and some of the houses? roofs and siding were hit with bricks. After the discovery of the vandalism Sunday afternoon, we called the police and painted the graffiti over after the police made their report. A couple of members got the message to certain suspects that they ought to come clean. Sunday evening two off-site teens admitted guilt to a member of the community they trusted. Monday evening we had a very well-attended salon with the ttwo teenage boys and their parents. The kids admitted their guilt. The community talked with the boys, the boys talked, their parents talked, and then the boys and parents left and the community talked. Community members at the salon decided not to allow the boys on the property until further notice and uninvited them from our upcoming EnoWeen celebration. (The brother of one of the perpetrators is still invited to our event and allowed on the property.) We scheduled a salon this Sunday to decide what the consequences should be. Unfortunately, there has been an update since the meeting. We discovered that the hood of one of our neighbors? truck was also vandalized. Obscene words, including ?F* (member?s first name)? have been scratched into the hood of the truck. The boys did not mention this act at Monday?s meeting. I am interested in what other communities have done when they have had vandalism by off-site teens and whether any other community has banned a child from their community. (I checked the Cohousing-L archives with no success.) Some background: Eno Commons is a suburban cohousing community within the (Durham, NC) city limits. Houses were built on a street adjacent to Eno Commons. The kids from that neighborhood come to ours to play basketball in our plaza, hang out, play with our kids in our meadow and occasionally are invited to join us at our community meal. Although we have mixed feelings about allowing these kids to be here unsupervised and occasionally grow weary of reminding them of our rules (e.g., helmets while riding bikes), we try to be welcoming. If you need more info, let me know. We look forward to your feedback and suggestions. -Robert Heinich Eno Commons Cohousing Durham, NC
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dealing with vandalism by off-site teens Robert, October 25 2005
- Re: dealing with vandalism by off-site teens Laura Fitch, October 26 2005
- dealing with vandalism by off-site teens Robert Heinich, October 25 2005
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Re: dealing with vandalism by off-site teens Robert Heinich, October 26 2005
- Re: dealing with vandalism by off-site teens Sharon Villines, October 26 2005
- Re: dealing with vandalism by off-site teens Hyghroad, October 26 2005
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