Mr. Peter J. Anderson This is Me

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1. 1. Event Calendar

   www.southchurch.com/coming.htm - [Cached]

   Published on: 5/7/2008   Last Visited: 5/8/2008

   Speaker: Peter Anderson, Principal, AHS
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   South Church is hosting an evening with Andover High School's Principal Peter Anderson on Wednesday, May 7th at 7:00pm.Topic: the "Over-Scheduled Teen".

2. 2. www.andovertownsman.com

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   Published on: 11/20/2007   Last Visited: 11/20/2007

   With Andover parents and grandparents of Chinese students and the Andover students serving as translators, Wang visited with eight Andover principals, interacted with students of all ages, and spent hours discussing U.S.-Chinese relations with high school students and Principal Peter Anderson.

3. 3. MerrimackValleyPeopleForPeace

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   Published on: 3/27/2006   Last Visited: 2/29/2008

   "This is an issue that is surrounded by emotion, and it's easy to lose sight of some aspect of what the event might actually be," said Peter Anderson, principal of Andover High. "In this day and age, the most important thing we do is to teach students to be intelligently critical."
   
   This week, in an attempt to ease some of the tensions, Anderson plans to invite a second set of speakers with a different view of the strife between Palestinians and Israelis.
   
   The controversy over Wheels of Justice erupted into a shouting match Friday night during a public presentation by the group arranged by Anderson.
   
   Andover, a town of 33,000, prides itself on its town-meeting style of governance, where everyone has a voice and a vote, and more than 200 people crowded into the high school library for the 90-minute presentation Friday evening. But Anderson threatened to cut the forum short when parents and community members began interrupting and shouting at the speakers 15 minutes into the first speech.
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   But Anderson abruptly canceled the scheduled appearance after some parents and members of the Jewish community protested what they called the group's anti-Semitic message. Others defended the group's right to speak and threatened a lawsuit through the American Civil Liberties Union. Last month, Anderson changed his mind and agreed to allow the speakers.
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   Anderson suggested that the controversy could lay the groundwork for future discussions about current events.
   
   "Five years from now, it could be North and South Korea producing the same kind of vested, emotional response," he said.
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   The crowd became so vocal that Principal Peter Anderson had to cut the event short, drawing complaints from a group of students in attendance.
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   The group's visit is part of a series of forums on Middle East conflicts at Andover High, which Principal Peter Anderson announced last month.
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   Anderson said he confiscated the list and will send out letters asking for parents' permission to use the students' names.
   
   But Anderson was taken aback by last night's crowd.
   
   "I did not anticipate that level of emotion and hostility," he said.