I was hoping that you could help me get the word out to the teenagers and young adults that like to “party” in Glenview Elementary parking lot on the weekends that this has to stop. You need to find somewhere else to party.
For two years now I, a homeowner who lives beside the school, have put up with midnight basketball, screeching tires, loud music, yelling, swearing, drinking, drug dealing and fighting in the school parking lot at all hours of the night.
I have tried and tried to work with SD57, mayor and council and the bylaw department to address some of my concerns but I am either gaslighted by the school district or just ignored.
And although I have had to call the RCMP three times this summer because of what was going on in the parking lot, they really don’t have time to drive up to the Hart two or three times a night every weekend to babysit our kids.
And they shouldn’t have to.
Parents, where are you when your teenage children are out driving around with music blaring and tires screeching at 4 a.m.?
So this is an open letter advising people that like to party in the parking lot at Glenview Elementary that I will be doing all I can to shut you down. I am having security cameras installed and they should be up by next weekend. I will also come out and confront you directly, documenting your licence plate and vehicle type so it can be reported to the police and hopefully your parents.
So far this summer I have been going out myself and confronting the teenagers and young adults directly, giving them the choice to leave or having the police called. Most of them leave. And now I am a target with kids driving by swearing at me and throwing garbage at me.
Welcome to Prince George, Lynn.
I have no choice but to try and deal with this myself. No one will help, except the RCMP. And no homeowner should have to put up with this ongoing disturbance at all hours of the night every weekend.
It’s time for this homeowner to draw a line in the sand.
People, go party somewhere else at 2 a.m. and 4 a.m. Maybe right in your parents driveway. And crank up that music real loud.
Lynn Blatta
Prince George
