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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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By Mary
April 8, 2006 3:04 PM | Link to this
Advice - talk it out and reach a compromise as the two Catholic? schools mentioned in the articles did. As I recall, the students are also going to be bussed to the prom site instead of riding in limos or cars. I am proud of the catholic school principal I read about last year who had the guts to cancel prom. There do not seem to be many school leaders like that around. Maybe he had some support from somewhere - like from parents and teachers. He sounds as if he is a real leader. Good for him.