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Close friends Scott Allen of Arizona and Max Dashevsky with Jonathan's

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During a showing of the senior class
DVD, the audience cheered each time
Hoffman appeared, happily surrounded
by friends and wearing his standard
"uniform" of jeans, a white T-shirt and a
black North Face jacket.
Close friends Scott Allen, a fam-
ily friend from Arizona, and Max
Dashevsky, a fellow Farmington Central
student, accepted Jonathan's diploma on
behalf of his father, Michael Hoffman.
Dashevsky read a speech written by the
elder Hoffman, who could not attend
due to a medical emergency involv-
ing Jonathan's younger sister, Jessica
(Jessie).
Hoffinan's words expressed his admi-
ration for the school and what his son
had accomplished there.
"...those in the media who have sug-
gested that Farmington Central is an
`alternative school for troubled teens'
are misguided and small minded. In
his short tenure here, it is apparent to
me that Jon blossomed, that he was well
along on his personal journey. Trouble
has a way of sometimes finding us —
this, I know. How we handle it, and what
we make of it, is paramount': he wrote.
When Dashevsky finished speaking,
the entire audience rose to its feet and
applauded the memory of their late
friend and fellow student.
"The whole class stood; they were not
told to do that': said Karasionathan
loved his friends ... all the kids felt the

After the graduation ceremony,
Dashevsky spent a moment contemplat-
ing his friend's diploma and memories
it conjured up.
"I'll miss Jonathan, and I'm glad he
got the biggest accomplishment of his
life tonight': said Dashevsky. "I just wish
he were here to share it."
Jonathan was killed in the West
Bloomfield condominium where he
was living with Layne and her husband,
Fred. He moved in with his grand-
mother after his parents, Jennifer and
Michael Hoffman, and his 15-year-old
sister, Jessica, moved to Scottsdale, Ariz.,
the previous fall.
Jonathan originally made the move
with his family, but things quickly went
awry after they arrived. Jessie was diag-
nosed with a benign brain tumor, and
Jonathan was having trouble adjusting
to a new school filled with unfamiliar
faces.
When Layne invited her grandson
to come back to Michigan to live with
her while he finished his senior year,
his parents agreed that it would be best
for their son to be in a familiar school
surrounded by his extended family and
many friends.
Layne, who is facing murder charges
after telling police she killed her
grandson, is being held without bond
in the Oakland County Jail. A prelimi-
nary exam is scheduled for July 2 in
the courtroom of 48th District Judge
Kimberly Small.

