Elgin Park students show strong sense of responsibility
Too often, older people decry the irresponsibility of youth. They too often forget that, not so long ago, they were young themselves and made their own share of mistakes. About 25 students from Elgin Park Secondary proved recently that such generalizations are incorrect. They and about 45 other students had attended an unauthorized and unsupervised end of year party near Harrison Lake, one which provoked a lot of outrage on social media when photos of the mess left behind were posted. The pile of garbage was particularly upsetting, as the area they were camping in is a pristine wilderness area. Principal Bruce Filsinger was naturally upset when he found out about the incident and the unwelcome publicity. It was blackening the name of the graduating class, which has 297 members. Most of them did not attend the party and had nothing to do with the incident. He called it “entitled and asocial behaviour.” After being contacted by the Four Wheel Drive Association of B.C., Filsi...