HS seniors punished for drinking at prom

[redheadbaker]

Appropriate or too harsh?

www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/catholic-school-kids-caught-boozing

Catholic School Kids Caught Boozing
Updated: Monday, 21 May 2012, 10:52 PM EDT
Published : Monday, 21 May 2012, 6:01 PM EDT

Philadelphia catholic school kids caught boozing in the back of the bus, on the way to prom!

They're underage and many of them even promised not to drink.

Father James Dalton is standing firm on his decision to ban from graduation, kids who drank at prom.

Sources tell Fox 29 one kid threw a bottle out of a bus window taking the kids to prom at the Camden Aquarium. Administrators saw evidence that more than a dozen kids were drinking.

The outrageous part is these kids signed a pledge not to drink and it clearly spells out the consequences for those who do.

The punishment is immediate expulsion from prom, automatic suspension from school, and loss of participation in any further activities of senior year including baccalaureate mass and graduation.

We caught those parents after school, their kids were not involved. We contacted a few of the parents whose kids were in the group. None wanted to talk. We hear at least 6 or so are appealing the school's decision to archdiocese.

[WOT?*]

Appropriate. They were forewarned and there are consequences. If the consequences are rescinded, what have they learned? They can get away with it? Not good.

[gpw]

DONNA MARTIN GRADUATES!!

[KateAggie]

Totally appropriate, even if they hadn't been warned about the consequences.

If I was a parent, I would NOT be appealing to the archdiocese. My kids would be living with the consequences with additional consequences tacked on from me.

[emisi]

Appropriate. They signed pledges not to do it, plus it's illegal.

[ChillyMcFreeze]

Appropriate. Against school rules and illegal to boot.

[laurenpetro]

Happened to my sister's class in 1987. Totally fine with me.

[bqbride]

gpointewife, I love you!

[redheadbaker]

OK, I was beginning to think I was crazy! (Then again, I broke the cardinal rule of the interwebz and read the comments after online news articles) I was surprised at how many people thought the punishment was too harsh.

[dylanite]

Appropriate.

[gpw]

May 22, 2012 16:29:12 GMT -5 @bqbride said:

gpointewife, I love you!

thank you! I was beginning to feel old and worry that the Donna Martin Graduates! was tired!

[Daria Morgandorffer]

Totally appropriate. One threw a bottle out of the fucking vehicle? He's too stupid to graduate anyway.

[UMaineTeach]

not too harsh
illegal activity that was preceded with signing a document that acknowledges the school related consequences for participating in the illegal activity.

these parents have no appeal.

[marie427]

Appropriate. I'd bet the majority of people who think it's too harsh are the parents of these preshus children. And maybe the parents of other kids who have gotten in trouble for this.

Look, teens drink. But the rules are strict about drinking on the way to or at prom. The drinking happens after the prom, duh.

[EloiseWeenie]

They deserved it.

[ECB]

ESPECIALLY for the fact that they signed a document... I can't imagine appealing. That sends a loud and clear message that they aren't responsible for their actions, at all.

"Oh, you said you wouldn't drink? Oh, that's just a pesky little piece of paper. We'll fix this. You can't POSSIBLY miss your graduation!!"

I can't think of a BETTER reality check for those kids.

[LoveTrains]

Completely appropriate.

[trigal]

May 22, 2012 16:35:03 GMT -5 gpw said:

May 22, 2012 16:29:12 GMT -5 @bqbride said:

gpointewife, I love you!

thank you! I was beginning to feel old and worry that the Donna Martin Graduates! was tired!

I got it!!

[trigal]

Oh, and I think this is totally appropriate. I work in a school, though, so I'm not surprised by the people who are appealing. God forbid we teach kids that there are consequences to their actions!

[iammalcolmx]

Raise your hand if "Donna Martin Graduates" isn't the first thing you thought while reading this subject.

[penguingrrl]

Totally appropriate. My school had a breathalizer at prom and if there was even the slightest suspicion you had to breath in. If you were caught with *any* alcohol on your breath you were not walking at graduation. Two people were caught and did not walk.

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May 22, 2012 16:25:30 GMT -5 KateAggie said:

Totally appropriate, even if they hadn't been warned about the consequences.

If I was a parent, I would NOT be appealing to the archdiocese. My kids would be living with the consequences with additional consequences tacked on from me.

Right?? Even if they hadn't been told what to expect, I wouldn't be appealing but the fact that they signed a clearly laid out pledge . . . boo on you, douches.

And wtf is wrong with these parents? Your kid is going to be a legal adult real soon, if not already and one of the last things you're going to do before they have to take the ultimate responsibility for themselves is try to help them weasel their way out of the consequences of their actions?

Greeeaaaat!

[UMaineTeach]

May 22, 2012 17:56:12 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Raise your hand if "Donna Martin Graduates" isn't the first thing you thought while reading this subject.

[Rainy Night in Soho]

I think it's totally appropriate, too! My niece got kicked off of her cross country team in HS for showing up to homecoming drunk. She knew the consequences and did it anyway.

[orangeblossom]

As my friend would say "We all make choices in life" They made theirs. Perhaps they will think twice about disobeying the rules. Their parents are doing them no favors by appealing.

[gpw]

You know, I know this is serious and all, but just can't get poor Donna Martin out of my head.

[statlerwaldorf]

Appropriate

[twotrue]

Yup, totally appropriate.

sent from phone

[Sunshine6081]

May 22, 2012 17:56:12 GMT -5 iammalcolmx said:

Raise your hand if "Donna Martin Graduates" isn't the first thing you thought while reading this subject.

Raises hand.

I think that's my favorite episode ever of that show.

[guest]

Appropriate. Possibly not harsh enough given they committed a crime in a moving school bus....

And yeah, they didn't know about after-prom parties at the hotel with the keg and the puking girls and that one naked guy that peed on the couch? The fools totally ruined their prom experience.