Opinion

Opinion: Assembly attempts to shock students into good choices

Jeff Burkhead

The week of the Rangely High School prom, there was an assembly for students.
This was not a typical school assembly or pep rally.
The message presented to students was sobering and heartbreaking. And that was the point.
The program — co-sponsored by local and county agencies — was intended to get students’ attention. To make them think. To encourage them to make good decisions.
And even to shock them.
“It was intense,”…