Parents Network schedules first meeting

    Cambridge Community Unit School District #227 will host the first meeting of Cambridge Parents Network at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 25, in the high school library.

    The meeting is open to all parents with children in kindergarten through 12th grade.

    Eugene Herges, Cambridge High School guidance counselor, and Lisa Miller, Cambridge High School guidance counselor intern, will give the welcome.

    Michael Eskridge, a prevention specialist with Bridgeway, Galesburg, will speak on youth substance abuse prevention.

    Diana Anderson of Bridgeway, Kewanee, will address difficult conversations with children.

    Bob Reagan, Cambridge High School principal, will talk about academic achievement and Tom Akers, Cambridge school super?in?ten?dent, will talk about the Cambridge Parents Network.