[Maritime Q-Scout]

if the principal cancelled my prom I wouldn't have HURT MY LEG!!! - long story

you know what, it's their choice to "go all out" or to keep it simple. Actually what we did is have a "Safegrad" which apparently is becoming more and more common across the country.

Sure you can't drink, however you spend the entire night together with your classmates, some you'll never see again, others not for years, others once in a blue moon. If you want to do the parties, hotels afterwards go ahead. That's how we marketed it (unofficially) drink the night before, the night after, but let's have this one last night of EVERYONE together.

There's better options to curb spending like a Safegrad IMO.