Hey TheLostPatrol, 17% of Mooney students' families are below the poverty level,so yes a lot are on assistance programs and not just the athletes. I applaud the parent's dedication to a good education. Another portion of the student body is from the "wealthy" burbs of Canfield, Boardman and Poland. Both schools in the article have great kids, nerds, geeks, punks, jocks, and primadonna's. The comments in this thread reveal a lot more about the adults in this community than they do about the kids!
As an alum from the 80's I can say we did the same thing... repeatedly. We looked for altercations with the kids from neighboring schools on the south side. We were bored and looking for trouble. After graduation I became good friends with a lot of the "enemies" realizing that we were all in the same situation. Bored teens looking for excitement and using school pride as a justification.
Posted on March 17 at 12:31 p.m.
Hey TheLostPatrol, 17% of Mooney students' families are below the poverty level,so yes a lot are on assistance programs and not just the athletes. I applaud the parent's dedication to a good education. Another portion of the student body is from the "wealthy" burbs of Canfield, Boardman and Poland. Both schools in the article have great kids, nerds, geeks, punks, jocks, and primadonna's. The comments in this thread reveal a lot more about the adults in this community than they do about the kids!
Posted on March 17 at 11:24 a.m.
As an alum from the 80's I can say we did the same thing... repeatedly. We looked for altercations with the kids from neighboring schools on the south side. We were bored and looking for trouble. After graduation I became good friends with a lot of the "enemies" realizing that we were all in the same situation. Bored teens looking for excitement and using school pride as a justification.