Wednesday Night Prom : How Cool Is That?

Today from the  New York Times

One particular principal in a small town in NJ must think so, because that’s exactly when he scheduled this year’s prom!

Not only that but he and the entire PTA will be waiting at the school doors the next morning at 7:34 am  to make sure you  show up on time!

Don’t you think this is excessive?  Talking about treating young adults like lttle kids!  I mean,  how on earth are you supposed enjoy your one and only prom on a week night? 

“Honestly, it just seems pointless,” said Bridget Mathis, 16, who planned to skip her junior prom, scheduled for Wednesday. “When you’re thinking about having a good time, you’re not thinking of going out on a Wednesday night.” 

And it’s all because a bunch of students made fools of themselves after  last year’s prom — for under-age drinking at a nearby motel. 

The principal, Mr. Furdon said he decided to move the prom because the after-parties had begun to overshadow them. By 10 p.m., students were checking their watches and edging toward the exit to run out as soon as the king and queen were crowned. 

Many pooled their money to charter party buses — 50-seat luxury vehicles — to carry them to Manhattan or the shore. 

Parents and educators across the country have tried for years to wrest control of after-prom traditions, using measures like sleepovers in school gyms, no-alcohol pledges and proms scheduled for the night before graduation.

Problem is students are still collecting money for party buses that will leave the weekend after the prom. 

As of Tuesday, a lot fewer students will be attending this year:  205 tickets had been sold for the junior prom. Last year, 250 students attended. 

Joseph Howard, 17, who is taking three AP classes, will not be walking the red carpet.“If the prom was on a Friday, I would go,” he said. “But it’s a Wednesday night. I know my teachers are going to be giving me work that night." It just kind of sucks this year.

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