Schools
“The Perils of the College Drinking Culture” - Westfield High School
College-bound Fairfax County students and their parents are encouraged to attend an upcoming program that deals with the binge drinking on college campuses.
“The Perils of the College Drinking Culture” will be presented by the Unified Prevention Coalition (UPC) of Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS) and its Countywide Initiative to Reduce Underage Drinking (CIRUD), in collaboration with the Fairfax County Police Department (FCPD) and the Safe Community Coalition.
The two-hour program begins at 7 p.m.
The event will feature a screening and panel discussion on the award-winning documentary, Haze, designed for parents and their college-bound teens, as well as any citizens concerned about underage drinking.
Parents are encouraged to attend with their adolescent children.
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Featured speakers and panelists will include Raymond Morrogh, Commonwealth’s Attorney for Fairfax County; William Hauda, M.D., emergency physician, Inova Fairfax Hospital; Fairfax County Police Chief David Rohrer and Captain Bruce Ferguson, Commander, Youth Services Division; Jeff Levy, father of a student who died following drinking at a college party; and a college student. A question and answer session will follow.
The FCPS UPC is dedicated to promoting prevention of and early intervention into violence and drug use in the community. This program is partially funded by federal Drug Free Communities grant SP014409.
