Monday, June 18, 2012
Brian Osborne and Lovie Lilly released a statement on Monday
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Monday, June 18, 2012
On Monday, Superintendent Brian Osborne and Columbia High School principal Lovie Lilly released a statement about recent controversy surrounding Friday Night Live, a sketch comedy club. The statement appears below in full: To the CHS Community: As you may know, some public debate arose in response to the district's decision to cancel the final performance of "Friday Night Live" (FNL), and to the discipline meted out for infractions related to the show. Respect for the confidentiality of students and staff members has prevented the administration from directly addressing many of these concerns publicly. However, the ongoing controversy has prompted us to provide some clarification concerning the district's approach to responding to this …
Thursday, June 14, 2012
An online petition garnered some 500 signatures by Thursday
Editor’s Note: Students quoted below have identified themselves to me by full name, class year, and connection to FNL. With one exception, their names are not used in this story at this point, since they are minors. Please also note this story is ongoing; Patch coverage will continue. Members of “Friday Night Live” (FNL), the Columbia High School sketch comedy club, face Saturday detention and, in some cases, will have their prom privileges revoked, according to students who received detention and two parents whose children face punishment. Further, members of the club challenge the district’s statement, released Wednesday, on last week’s events. Those students have support from a fellow student, a senior, who generated an online petition…
Tuesday, June 12, 2012
Friday Night Live, a comedy sketch club, saw their performance cancelled then relocated
The Saturday show went on for Friday Night Live (FNL), Columbia High School's comedy sketch club, though the performance was first cancelled by school officials, then moved to the Maplewood Tennis Club. Still, confusion lingers. The performance is the subject of a lengthy MaplewoodOnline thread, and considerable social media speculation on the part of students. FNL is a performance group based on Saturday Night Live sketch comedy, explained Grace Gifford, who graduated from CHS in 2011. Gifford, a FNL member, was profiled by Patch, and described the group and its activities. The group meets throughout the year to write a series of sketches that become the annual June performance. In recent years, the June performance has taken place in the…
mjhoyt
3:48 pm on Tuesday, June 19, 2012
The administration's response is exactly the opposite of what they describe in this paragraph: "...More importantly, this incident presents a learning opportunity for our school community..... As a community, it is imperative that we strive to understand other points of view, and navigate with respect the balance between intention and perception..." There was no opportunity to share points of … more ›