Mark LaFlamme: Longley School vandalized; free parenting advice offered on Facebook

Sign In: Street Talk Posted 2:50 PM Updated 36 mins ago increase font size Street Talk: When news of the latest vandalism spree started to get around, the furor landed in its usual place: on social media. At first it seemed like just another “here we go again” scenario.  The Longley School, a perennial target of vandals and jackanapes, had been trashed one more time.  Desks overturned and thrown about. Bathrooms destroyed in ways that only rampaging youths can manage. School equipment damaged or destroyed, hallways trashed, serving areas hit as though by a tornado.  Nobody needs me to describe the damage in any great detail. We’ve all been here before. Longley was targeted by a similar band of young vandals just a year earlier, after all, and that particular mess stayed in the news cycle a long while.  When news of the latest vandalism spree started to get around, the furor landed in its usual place: on social media, where the same criticisms and accusations were flung around before the dust had settled and details had a chance to emerge.  “Children today have no supervision and are allowed to do as they please!” wrote one unhappy local.  “Geesh, parents,”
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