A task force on safe schools was formed to discuss research, legislative policies and prevention techniques in an effort to curb youth violence. Only the victims know the full effect of the rising level of rage in today's youth. The owner of the Oronoka Restaurant was returning home with the restaurant's cash bag. Kobritz was hospitalized for several days after being kicked in the kidneys with steel-toed boots and beaten on his face with brass knuckles. Eight months after the attack, Kobritz told a judge that he still had trouble sleeping at night.
Some people believe kids are getting a bad rap for the behavior of a few.
Youth are reported in the news media for the bad things they do, not the good things. But it's not blown out of proportion. Doughty Bangor School Superintendent James Doughty understands the concern, but points out quickly that schools remain the safest institution in our society. Because violence in schools, at least rural ones, is a fairly new concern, there is no agency within the state that keeps track of the number of incidents of school violence. It's something that school officials may have to start monitoring if they want to snag federal funding that will pay to put police officers in the schools.