Required Community Service

(Deerfield Township, Ohio) For the past 14 years, Kings High School has stipulated that all students must perform 100 hours of community service to graduate. Other schools in the Greater Cincinnati Public School System require lesser amounts of community service which has prompted the school board to consider reducing the requirement for Kings HS.

Review of other programs indicates that the imposition of 100 hours of community service is not inconsistent with that which is required elsewhere. For example:

Russell Warren Blassingame, 28, needed to complete 100 hours of community service to satisfy the requirements of the sentence imposed for a drug conviction.

Lee T. Kashiwamura needed to complete 100 hours of community service to satisfy the requirements of the sentence imposed for theft and criminal property damage.

Charles Perry Scott needed to complete 100 hours of community service to satisfy the requirements of the sentence imposed for assault and battery with a deadly weapon.

Paul Belser needed to complete 100 hours of community service to satisfy the requirements of the sentence imposed for felony theft and computer crime.

Nicholas E. Chambers needed to complete 100 hours of community service to satisfy the requirements of the sentence imposed for three counts of indecent exposure.

Based upon this review, it appears that it's quite common for 100 hours of community service to be imposed in meeting governmental requirements. For those progressive school board members that believe punishment indentured servitude somehow enhances the education experience, the review of other programs indicates that 100 hours is not unreasonable.