It's Not Just a Prom Anymore

The principal of Kellenberg Memorial High School in Long Island, NY, canceled the Spring prom. Bummer, dude. Party-pooper, dude. Well, here's why:

46 Kellenberg seniors made a $10,000 down payment on a $20,000 rental in the Hamptons for a post-prom party. When school officials found out, they forced the students to cancel the deal; the kids got their money back and the prom went on as planned. But some parents went ahead and rented a Hamptons house anyway.

Pre-prom cocktail parties followed by a trip to the dance in a liquor-loaded limo. Fathers chartering a boat for their children's late-night "booze cruise."

The principal of this Catholic High School, Kenneth M. Hoagland, had enough. He sent out letters to parents about the cancellation. His primary concern was the vulgar flaunting of materiality, "financial decadence", as he puts it.

We applaud such action. Parents are losing sight of what is important. They not only lavish material things on their children, they are accomplices to some of the more serious problems - such as provding alcohol, drugs, & sex havens, & all of it unmonitored or chaparoned.

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