My high school cancelled the prom the year that I graduated as well, but the graduating class just put together a group of students to organize something outside of the school. It was a great time. No parents or chaperones. There was alcohol but you had to be of age. There were a few that got pretty crazy drunk and out of control but the vast majority of students were fine. It is quite irritating that school officials have the impression that every single kid is either an alcoholic or a drug addict.
I will agree that it has gotten out of hand in terms of what people are spending. I had to spend quite a bit on my dress and everything else, but like someone mentioned above, it's probably one of the last big parties you will have with people from high school so why shouldn't you go all out! ...although 10,000 dollars on an afterparty seems a bit unnecessary but these are the rich kids we are talking about...
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