Many admit being afraid, at times, of even going to school. The teachers and authorities don't do anything about it. Female students describe incidents in which they have been subjected to uncomfortable intimidation by other students. Two of her friends express similar concerns. No place to go' Outside of school, young people say, the biggest problem is that there's no place for them to go.
Kids go to daycare.
But there's no place around here for teenagers to get together. So on Friday and Saturday nights, the dark, vacant parking lot on Highway 278, location of the former Kmart, informally converts to a youth hangout. The pool hall closed down. We can't go to bars. We're a bunch of drunks, drug addicts, that's how they perceive us.