12-02-2005, 09:32 AM
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Another Prom Cancelled
http://www.newsday.com/news/local/lo...ostemailedlink
ARTICLE EXCERPT:
After weeks of discussing the possibility of no longer sponsoring a junior and senior prom, Chaminade High School in Mineola has decided to forego the event.
The all-boys school, with a student body of 1600, is run in the Marianist Catholic tradition, the same order that serves Kellenberg Memorial High School in Uniondale, who also cancelled their prom this year.
"The question comes down to the toxic culture of the prom that just can't be reformed," said Father James Williams, President of Chaminade High School. "It's all the over-the-topness that takes place -- who has the biggest limo, who has the most elaborate weekend planned -- that the prom is no longer the focus." "Plus, all the post-prom events usually include drinking and other illegal activities."
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