PARIS — As Kristina Lowe was being arraigned Wednesday on manslaughter charges from a car crash that killed two local teens, students from Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School were busy organizing lectures on the dangers of impaired driving.

On Friday morning, May 18, Oxford Hills high school students will watch video and hear from police, a former emergency room nurse and a man who was convicted of vehicular manslaughter after driving under the influence. The event is being organized by members of the school’s Respect Team.

On Wednesday, the students were debating whether a short film that ends with a teenage girl dying in a car accident would hit too close to home for students after the death of Rebecca Mason, 16, who was in a car driven by Kristina Lowe of Oxford when the car crashed in West Paris, killing Mason and Logan Dam, 19.

Senior Abby Morton said the video scene might be too similar to the January crash.

“I didn’t realize how sensitive our school still is,” she said.

Others in the group said there would be a lot of crying in the auditorium. Senior Brett French said the point was to have an emotional impact on students who might otherwise drive drunk or while texting.

“If no one cries, then we’ve failed,” French said.

“Point of No Return,” a short film about teens drinking was produced by a Kennebunk video production company. It begins with a group of teens obtaining alcohol and features four outcomes. In three, the teenagers get in trouble with police. The last involves a crash and the death of one of the teens.

Last fall, the Respect Team was planning a Wellness Day for middle-schoolers, but after the Jan. 7 crash, the group quickly changed gears and began organizing a distracted awareness day for high-schoolers instead, said their adviser, Jeannie Stone.

A panel of two speakers will accompany each video, Stone said. After that, they’ll break students into groups of 20 to discuss the issues. Members of the Distracted Driving Awareness group, the Impaired Driving Awareness group and Justice for Jeff will be on hand at lunch so students can speak with them individually.

The day after will be the prom at Sunday River Ski Resort in Newry. Members of the Respect Team say it’s an important time to remind students to drive safely.

“With prom the next day, we’re stretching to do whatever we can to make an impact,” Morton said. “We’re really worried with all that’s happened to our school lately. We just want everyone to be safe.”

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