In our poll last month asking if you asked other parents if they have a gun in their home before you dropped your child off for a playdate, only 17 percent of you said you did, either because you just assume they don’t have a gun or you feel uncomfortable asking. The Center to Prevent Youth Violence is making it easier by organizing National ASK Day on Friday, June 21.
Parents ask all sorts of questions to protect their children when they play at the home of a friend, neighbor or relative. But there is one important question that more than half of parents say never even occurred to them to ask: “Is there a gun where my child plays?”
ASK Day takes place on the first day of every summer, a time of year when children play more often in other homes, to remind parents nationwide about the importance of asking if there are guns where their kids play.
On Monday night, the Montclair BoE unanimously approved the 
We ran a ticket giveaway to the Dan Zanes & Friends concert at SOPAC coming up on June 29 back in April. Since then, DZ decided to make the show a Song Gusto Hour, a chance for families and people of all ages to gather and sing at the top of their lungs with Dan and the band. The Song Gusto Hour atmosphere will be loose, communal, and festive. 
Last week, Montclair Superintendent of Schools, Dr. Penny MacCormack sent out a message 
This is part of Barista Kids’ ongoing series of education discussions about what’s going on nation-wide, state-wide and district-wide. 
