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Saturday, April 8, 2006
The Prom is back!
Remember those gutsy New York high schools who last year decided to cancel the prom because of the excess spending and partying, apparently with the approval or even assistance of parents in definance of school rules?
Well guess what? Both schools have now reinstated the prom.
I saw this today over at the The Education Wonks blog. Apparently, the students proposed a compromise — a riverboat cruise around Manhattan that is “business formal” with suits and such, rather than tuxedos and gowns. Plus there’s going to be a ton of chaperones.
I guess this is a good solution. But I wonder if it will discourage other schools that think of getting tough on prom excess to hear that these schools took so much heat for cancelling the prom just to reinstate the prom a year later.
Any advice for schools struggling with this problem?
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